title: Examination of nursing diagnoses used by nursing students and their opinions about nursing diagnoses.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was planned as a descriptive study for the purpose of determining what nursing diagnoses are used by nursing students and their opinions about nursing diagnoses.
  
  
  METHODS
  The response rate was 70% (n= 346). Research data about the nursing diagnoses students used and their opinions about them were collected on a semi-structured questionnaire developed by the researchers after reviewing related information in the literature.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the students, 76.9% knew what nursing diagnosis was, but 31.5% had difficulty stating patient care needs as nursing diagnoses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The majority of students in this study agreed that nursing diagnoses are a priority subject in the nursing profession, that nursing diagnoses needed to be used on the wards, and that nursing diagnoses needed to be documented in medical records on the wards.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is recommended that nursing diagnoses be given more concentration in the nursing curriculum and that courses about nursing diagnoses be prepared for the purpose of giving students more detailed information.
authors.affiliation: Department of Fundamentals, School of Nursing, Ege University, Bornova/Izmir, Turkey. gulendam.hakverdioglu@ege.edu.tr
authors.forename: Gülendam Hakverdioğlu
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Yönt
authors.forename: Leyla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Khorshid
authors.forename: Ismet
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Eşer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000145:classification / Q000458:organization & administration; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009736:Nursing Process; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled