title: Promoting a positive clinical experience.
abstract: Why are some clinical experiences better than others? Little has been written about strategies used in the clinical classroom, yet this setting continues to be a major educational component in nursing education. The author explores specific actions aimed at promoting a positive clinical experience. Motivational principles combined with critical-thinking strategies and total quality management techniques together provide a conceptualization of clinical teaching and learning. Recommendations are made to integrate the three techniques into the clinical classroom.
authors.affiliation: Kent State University, Ashtabula, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Massarweh
mesh_terms: D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D013663:Teaching; D017749:Total Quality Management