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Gülendam Hakverdioğlu Yönt1, Esra Akın Korhan, Firdevs Erdemir

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First-year nursing students successfully identified most nursing diagnoses using case study vignettes, despite limited clinical experience. This highlights the effectiveness of vignette-based learning for developing diagnostic skills.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing Education
  • Diagnostic Reasoning

Background:

  • Accurate nursing diagnosis is crucial for effective patient care.
  • Early identification of students' diagnostic reasoning abilities is essential for curriculum development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the ability of first-year nursing students to identify nursing diagnoses.
  • To assess the effectiveness of vignette-based learning in nursing education.

Main Methods:

  • A descriptive evaluation study was conducted.
  • An expert-validated vignette with 18 nursing diagnoses was utilized.
  • Student performance in identifying nursing diagnoses was analyzed.

Main Results:

  • Students correctly identified a majority of the nursing diagnoses presented in the vignette.
  • The most frequently identified diagnoses were 'disturbed sleep pattern' and 'nutrition imbalance'.
  • A common error included classifying medical diagnoses (e.g., hypertension) as nursing diagnoses.

Conclusions:

  • First-year nursing students demonstrate a foundational ability to identify nursing diagnoses.
  • Patient case study vignettes are effective educational tools for teaching diagnostic reasoning.
  • Integrating nursing diagnosis evaluation into clinical practicums is recommended to enhance student learning.