ERIC Number: EJ883737
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-1052-4800
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Promotion of Critical Thinking in Clinical Nursing Post Conferences: A Peer Interactive Approach
Stevens, Joanne
Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, v20 n4 p5-29 2009
Several workshops presented at the 2005 Lilly Conference on College Teaching in Oxford, Ohio, provided the inspiration for redesigning the clinical post conference for a foundational nursing course. Given the complexity and acuity of patient conditions today, fostering critical thinking in student nurses is central to quality patient care. The author describes how active-learning strategies within clinical groups can restructure traditional instructor-led post conferences to encourage students' engagement and reflection on critical-thinking processes. The author introduces a user friendly, applicable developmental model that incorporates epistemic cognition as well as a peer interactive design for fostering critical-thinking activities during clinical experiences. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Nursing Education, College Instruction, Nurses, Teaching Methods, Critical Thinking, Workshops, Patients, Health Services, Epistemology, Clinical Experience, Skill Development, Peer Relationship, Thinking Skills
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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