Valuing both critical and creative thinking in clinical practice: Narrowing the research-practice gap?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 288-296

  Seymour, Beth ^a   Kinn, Sue ^a   Sutherland, Norrie ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creative thinking; Critical appraisal; Critical thinking; Evidence based practice; Journal clubs; Nursing as art; Research based practice; Transferable skills

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CREATIVITY; EVALUATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING; SCIENCE; SKILL; THINKING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING RESEARCH;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CREATIVENESS; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING RESEARCH; THINKING;

EID: 0038508597     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02618.x     Document Type: Article

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