Nurse Educ. 1994 Mar-Apr;19(2):28-30. doi: 10.1097/00006223-199403000-00009.

Finding voices through writing.

Nurse educator

P Gehrke

PMID: 7854624 DOI: 10.1097/00006223-199403000-00009

Abstract

Assisting students to find their writing "voices" is another way to emphasize writing as a professional tool for nursing. The author discusses a teaching strategy that required students to write using a variety of styles. Students wrote fables, poetry, and letters, and used other creative writing styles to illustrate their views and feelings on professional nursing issues. Creation of a class book empowered students to see versatility with writing styles can be a powerful communication tool to use with peers, clients, and society.

MeSH terms

• Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / methods
• Education, Professional, Retraining / methods
• Humans
• Professional Competence*
• Students, Nursing / psychology
• Writing*

Publication Types

• Journal Article