“I would like to use it more effectively…” nursing student’s experiences with NANDA-I nursing terminology: a qualitative descriptive study

Abstract Background Standardized nursing terminologies play a crucial role in describing and documenting nursing care. For students, learning the components of the NANDA-I terminology—such as defining characteristics and related factors—accurately is essential for determining nursing diagnoses. Howe...

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Main Authors: Turgay Yalcinkaya, Erkan Ünsal, Ayşegül Dönmez, Sebnem Cinar Yucel
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Published: BMC 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-025-02724-7
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Erkan Ünsal
Ayşegül Dönmez
Sebnem Cinar Yucel
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description Abstract Background Standardized nursing terminologies play a crucial role in describing and documenting nursing care. For students, learning the components of the NANDA-I terminology—such as defining characteristics and related factors—accurately is essential for determining nursing diagnoses. However, there is a notable lack of qualitative studies investigating Turkish nursing students’ experiences with these terminologies. This study aimed to explore nursing students’ experiences regarding NANDA-I nursing terminology. Methods This descriptive qualitative study was conducted with 29 second-, third-, and fourth-year nursing students. Data were collected through face-to-face, in-depth, and semi-structured interviews between June 2023 and December 2023. Content analysis was used to analyze the data. Results Content analysis revealed four main themes: (a) knowledge and awareness, (b) the facilitating effect of NANDA-I on patient care, (c) improvement of NANDA-I terminology training, and (d) challenges in utilizing NANDA-I. Conclusions The findings of this study offer recommendations for nursing educators to make adjustments to the educational curriculum concerning NANDA-I terminology. Developing nursing education curricula is crucial to help students gain a better understanding of NANDA-I terminology and to utilize it effectively in clinical practice. Clinical trial number Not applicable.
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spelling doaj-art-9951eb2934aa4360add1b36f11d9a1b92025-01-19T12:16:22ZengBMCBMC Nursing1472-69552025-01-0124111010.1186/s12912-025-02724-7“I would like to use it more effectively…” nursing student’s experiences with NANDA-I nursing terminology: a qualitative descriptive studyTurgay Yalcinkaya0Erkan Ünsal1Ayşegül Dönmez2Sebnem Cinar Yucel3Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Sinop UniversityNursing Faculty, Department of Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing, Ege UniversityNursing Faculty, Department of Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing, Ege UniversityNursing Faculty, Department of Fundamentals of Nursing, Ege UniversityAbstract Background Standardized nursing terminologies play a crucial role in describing and documenting nursing care. For students, learning the components of the NANDA-I terminology—such as defining characteristics and related factors—accurately is essential for determining nursing diagnoses. However, there is a notable lack of qualitative studies investigating Turkish nursing students’ experiences with these terminologies. This study aimed to explore nursing students’ experiences regarding NANDA-I nursing terminology. Methods This descriptive qualitative study was conducted with 29 second-, third-, and fourth-year nursing students. Data were collected through face-to-face, in-depth, and semi-structured interviews between June 2023 and December 2023. Content analysis was used to analyze the data. Results Content analysis revealed four main themes: (a) knowledge and awareness, (b) the facilitating effect of NANDA-I on patient care, (c) improvement of NANDA-I terminology training, and (d) challenges in utilizing NANDA-I. Conclusions The findings of this study offer recommendations for nursing educators to make adjustments to the educational curriculum concerning NANDA-I terminology. Developing nursing education curricula is crucial to help students gain a better understanding of NANDA-I terminology and to utilize it effectively in clinical practice. Clinical trial number Not applicable.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-025-02724-7NANDA-IStandardized nursing terminologyNursing studentsNursing education
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“I would like to use it more effectively…” nursing student’s experiences with NANDA-I nursing terminology: a qualitative descriptive study
BMC Nursing
NANDA-I
Standardized nursing terminology
Nursing students
Nursing education
title “I would like to use it more effectively…” nursing student’s experiences with NANDA-I nursing terminology: a qualitative descriptive study
title_full “I would like to use it more effectively…” nursing student’s experiences with NANDA-I nursing terminology: a qualitative descriptive study
title_fullStr “I would like to use it more effectively…” nursing student’s experiences with NANDA-I nursing terminology: a qualitative descriptive study
title_full_unstemmed “I would like to use it more effectively…” nursing student’s experiences with NANDA-I nursing terminology: a qualitative descriptive study
title_short “I would like to use it more effectively…” nursing student’s experiences with NANDA-I nursing terminology: a qualitative descriptive study
title_sort i would like to use it more effectively nursing student s experiences with nanda i nursing terminology a qualitative descriptive study
topic NANDA-I
Standardized nursing terminology
Nursing students
Nursing education
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-025-02724-7
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