Evaluation of NANDA-I Diagnoses by Students in Mental Health and Disease Nursing Course Clinical Practice

The aim of this descriptive study was to evaluate the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association-International nursing diagnoses of mental health and nursing students for the patients they undertook the care of and to determine the nursing diagnoses. The study was carried out by reviewing 93 care plans retrospectively, which was prepared between 03.11.2017-01.01.2018 by the data collected by nursing students who applied mental health and diseases nursing lesson in a foundation university in terms of life activity model. In the study, Patient Identification with Life Activities Form and Care Plan Forms were used. The students determined 50 different diagnoses in 12 domains of NANDA-I. A total of 601 nursing diagnoses were used. Within the scope of the research, the nursing diagnoses most frequently favored by the students, were in the activity of communication (39,60%) and the activity of maintaining a safe environment (26,28%). On the other hand the students diagnosed expressing sexuality (1,99%) at least. The nursing diagnoses that the students used most in these domains were disturbed sleep pattern (7,82%), impaired social interaction (7,32%), self-neglect (7,15%) and anxiety (5,65%). It has been determined that the nursing diagnoses most used by the students in preparing the care plan in the direction of Nursing Models based on Life Activities are in communication, maintaining a safe environment, sleeping, eating and drinking and mobilization activities. At the same time, the biophysical requirements are not overlooked at the same time as psychosocial needs are generally recognized in the Mental Health and Diseases Clinic