title: The use of poetry to test nursing knowledge.
abstract: The traditional testing process often is static and intimidating to students and encourages multiple guessing or rote recall of information. To avoid these problems and encourage student creativity and critical thinking, the author developed a test that solely uses poetry. In this article, she discusses the use of poetry to test nursing knowledge.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D011037:Poetry as Topic