title: The Opinions of Nursing Students Regarding the Nursing Process and Their Levels of Proficiency in Turkey.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Nursing process, as a scientific method of nursing practice, is an important tool for putting nursing knowledge into practice which increases the quality of nursing care. The study was aimed to determine the opinions of nursing students regarding the nursing process and their levels of proficiency.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 44 nursing students participated in this descriptive study. Data were collected by a three-part questionnaire including the opinion of students on nursing process, Gordon's functional health patterns model and the NANDA diagnoses. Data were analyzed by SPSS software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most of the students (65.9%) believed that the nursing process was necessary. half of the students explained the diagnosis, 58.3% explained the planning, 41.3% explained the implementation, and 43.6% explained the evaluation sufficiently.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is suggested for instructors to use different teaching methods in order to develop critical thinking while teaching the nursing process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Diseases Nursing, School of Susehri Health High, Sivas, Turkey.
authors.forename: Feride
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Taskın Yilmaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatric Nursing, School of Susehri Health High, Sivas, Turkey.
authors.forename: Selma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sabanciogullari
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Diseases Nursing, Lecturer Cumhuriyet University, School of Susehri Health High, Sivas, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kadriye
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aldemir
keywords: Attitude; Education; Nursing process; Nursing students; Proficiency