title: Nursing student stories on learning how to think like a nurse.
abstract: The ability to think critically, improve clinical systems, and decrease errors in clinical judgments are ever the vision of nursing practice. The author describes the thinking processes of nursing students as they make clinical judgments and the most important teaching/learning strategies that help develop their clinical judgment.
authors.affiliation: Langston University-Tulsa School of Nursing and Health Professions, OK 74106, USA. pdivito-thomas@mmind.net
authors.forename: Pam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Di Vito-Thomas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007600:Judgment; D008875:Middle Aged; D033262:Narration; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009736:Nursing Process; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D011588:Psychology, Educational; D012381:Role Playing; D012649:Self Concept; D012951:Socialization; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D013850:Thinking; D014956:Writing