title: Nursing theories. Creative teaching strategies make this course come alive.
abstract: The author describes creative teaching strategies used to teach a nursing theories course. Presentation and term paper assignments encouraged creativity and class participation. A final examination question that places students in a party setting with all of the theorists in attendance allows students to synthesize their knowledge using a creative approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, West Chester University, Pennsylvania, USA. sslaninka@wcupa.edu
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Slaninka
mesh_terms: D003405:Creativity; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009742:Nursing Theory; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013663:Teaching