THE DETERMINATION OF NURSING DIAGNOSIS AND PROCESSKNOWLEDGE OF NURSING SENIOR STUDENTS

Abstract

ABSTRACT The study was conducted to eliminate the use of nursing diagnosis and process knowledge by senior nursing students. The research was carried out on 71 senior nursing students who had practice experience in different clinics before. The data were gathered by using the “Individual identification form” and “Nursing diagnosis and process knowledge Form”. It was found that the mean age of the students was 22.61±1.35, 53.5% were female, 32.4% preferred the nursing profession. While 94.4% of the students reported that a nursing diagnosis was necessary, 33.8% of them stated that they found themselves at a sufficient level in determining a nursing diagnosis. Although approximately half of the students knew the types of nursing diagnosis, only 2.8% of them knew the collobrative diagnosis. While 59.2% of the students were able to list all the stages of the nursing process, it was determined that 47.9% of them found themselves partially sufficient in the practice of the nursing process. Most of the students stated that they had the most difficulties in the assessment phase of the nursing process and that they applied the most comfortable evaluation phase.