Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES, cilt.10, sa.3, ss.256-264, 2020 (ESCI)
Objective: The study aimed to identify the effect of group case studies on the accuracy of nursing diagnoses made by student nurses and their perception of NANDA International nursing diagnoses. Methods: The study was conducted as an interventional and descriptive research with a sample that comprised 164 nursing students studying at the Department of Nursing of a university. Study data were collected using Descriptive Characteristics Form, Perception of Nursing Diagnoses Scale, Students' Opinion about Nursing Diagnoses Form, and Care Plan Assessment Form. A researcher offered four hours of theoretical training about the nursing process and NANDA International nursing diagnoses, after which the students filled out the Descriptive Characteristics Form and the Perception of Nursing Diagnoses Scale. Thereafter, the students were randomly divided into five groups, and each group performed two case studies with a researcher every week. After the completion of the case studies, the students were asked to fill out the forms again. The data were analyzed using the number, percentage, mean, standard deviation values, and Wilcoxon test. Results: The results emerging from the case studies indicate that the majority (89.6%) of the students were able to make accurate diagnoses in compliance with the criteria set in NANDA International. The total score of the students in the perception of nursing diagnoses was not statistically significant (p >0.05). Statistically significant differences were found, on the other hand, in the negative, and positive way in the subscales of `clear representation of the patient situation' and that of 'the ease of use', respectively (p <0.05). Conclusion: Almost all the students were able to define the accurate diagnoses complying with the criteria set in NANDA International, and while this did not affect the students' perception of nursing diagnoses, the subscale of 'the ease of use' had a positive effect in this respect.