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Dressing up nursing diagnoses: a critical-thinking strategy

C A Sedlak, R Ludwick

    Nurse Educator
    |July 1, 1996
    PubMed
    Summary

    This creative classroom strategy, Dressing Up Nursing Diagnoses, helps novice nursing students develop critical thinking and formulate nursing diagnoses. It is a fun, seasonal approach for educators to use with students lacking clinical experience.

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    Area of Science:

    • Nursing Education
    • Clinical Reasoning

    Background:

    • Teaching nursing diagnoses to students without prior clinical experience presents unique challenges.
    • Educators need creative strategies to foster critical thinking skills in these students.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce a novel, engaging classroom strategy called "Dressing Up Nursing Diagnoses."
    • To facilitate the development of nursing diagnostic skills in beginning nursing students.

    Main Methods:

    • Implementation of a Halloween-themed, creative teaching strategy in the classroom.
    • Focus on hands-on activities to aid in formulating nursing diagnoses.

    Main Results:

    • The "Dressing Up Nursing Diagnoses" strategy was successfully employed by nurse educators.
    • The strategy proved effective in helping students formulate nursing diagnoses.

    Conclusions:

    • Creative, seasonal teaching strategies can enhance nursing students' critical thinking.
    • The "Dressing Up Nursing Diagnoses" method offers a fun and effective way to teach diagnostic formulation to novice learners.

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