Toward a New Definition of Creativity

Creativity: a refinement of the concept for nursing practice

“…Conditions for creativity are discussed (Ferguson 1992, Trunnell et al . 1997) and criteria are given for recognition that it has occurred (Pesut 1985). Business also appears to place a great emphasis on the product of creativity as well as outlining conditions for stimulating creativity.…”

“…(1997) describe it as an alteration of basic principles that results in the emergence of new principles. Creativity as reincarnation is what Pesut (1985) calls:…”

Metacognitive Skills in Diagnostic Reasoning: Making the Implicit Explicit

“…Both authors have been engaged in teaching a course in clinical reasoning at the University of South Carolina College of Nursing. Early in the development of the course, students clearly needed help thinking about their thinking (Pesut, 1985). Instructionally, it was useful to provide the students with cognitive as well as metacognitive experiences.…”

“…development of strategic reading skills. Pesut (1984Pesut ( , 1985 used metacognition as an organizing and explanatory concept in a study designed to teach practicing nurses creative thinking skills and help educators guide the creative thinking of students.…”

Creative Thinking as a Self‐Regulatory Metacognitive Process ‐ A Model for Education, Training and Further Research

“…Another implication of this model is the relevance it has for redefining self-regulated creative thought as a metacog· nitive versus a cognitive activity or process. To this end, self· regulated creative thinking can be defined as a metacognitive processof generating novel and useful associations, attributes, elements or images, abstract relations, or sets ofoperations -that better solves a problem, produces a plan or results in a pattern, structure or product not clearly present before (Pesut, 1985).…”