Manipal Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences
Designation
Professor cum Principal
Abstract
Introduction: The basic quality of nursing practice is being compassionate and this quality is the one of the significant functions of the nursing profession .Nursing process manages the sick population holistically encompassing all domains such as socio cultural, psychological, economic and spiritual. It augments critical thinking too. Nursing process is also viewed in a resolution perspective. The objectives of the present study were carried to determine nursing students’ perceptions of nursing diagnoses and associate the level of perception with selected demographic variables. Methodology: A descriptive study to evaluate the nursing students’ perception of nursing diagnoses was conducted. Permission of the study was obtained from the research advisory committee. The population of the study consists of all students studying second, third and fourth year B. Sc and Second and third year GNM. Permission letters were sent to about 150 nursing colleges across India. Of which, 90 colleges consented to participate in this study. A Google form was prepared and shared. The total number of students who completed the forms was 5532. The tool comprises of two sections. Section A contains demographic variables and Section B encompasses Nursing Diagnosis Perception Scale (NDPS), a standardized instrument. It is a five point Likert scale with 26 items and 4 subscales. The scores are calculated from 5 as ‘I completely agree’ to 1 as ‘I completely disagree’. Results: The results of the study demonstrated 52% of respondents were familiar about nursing diagnosis before nursing education; 87.3% were competent enough to make diagnosis; 95.1% opined that NANDA-I nursing diagnosis is necessary; 95.5% believed that nursing diagnosis produce a correct, planned and systematized care; 94.8% believed that nursing diagnoses increases patients’ quality of life; majority 41% reported that nursing diagnosis is the difficult step in the nursing process; and majority 38.2% of students reported that they use ‘infection risk’ diagnostic label frequently. The overall perception of the nursing students related to nursing diagnoses ranged from 1.93- 2.33.In relation to the association with subscales of NDPS scale and selected demographic variables demonstrated that there were no significant association except program and nursing profession. Conclusion: The student nurses perception on nursing diagnoses was moderate to positive. Positive level of perception indicates that the patient would receive high quality of care.
Key words: Nursing diagnoses, perception, NDPS scale, NANDA I.
ABSTRACT
Introduction: The basic quality of nursing practice is being compassionate and this quality is the one of the significant functions of the nursing profession .Nursing process manages the sick population holistically encompassing all domains such as socio cultural, psychological, economic and spiritual. It augments critical thinking too. Nursing process is also viewed in a resolution perspective. The objectives of the study were to assess the student nurses opinions on nursing diagnosis, to assess the level of perception of nursing diagnosis among student nurses and associate the level of perception of nursing diagnosis among student nurses with selected demographic variables. Methodology: A descriptive study to evaluate the nursing students’ perception of nursing diagnoses was conducted. Permission of the study was obtained from the research advisory committee. The population of the study consists of all students studying second, third and fourth year B. Sc and Second and third year GNM. Permission letters were sent to about 150 nursing colleges across India. Of which, 90 colleges consented to participate in this study. A Google form was prepared and shared. The total number of students who completed the forms was 5532. The tool comprises of two sections. Section A contains demographic variables and Section B encompasses Nursing Diagnosis Perception Scale (NDPS), a standardized instrument. It is a five point Likert scale with 26 items and 4 subscales. The scores are calculated from 5 as ‘I completely agree’ to 1 as ‘I completely disagree’. Results: The results of the study demonstrated 52% of respondents were familiar about nursing diagnosis before nursing education; 87.3% were competent enough to make diagnosis; 95.1% opined that NANDA-I nursing diagnosis is necessary; 95.5% believed that nursing diagnosis produce a correct, planned and systematized care; 94.8% believed that nursing diagnoses increases patients’ quality of life; majority 41% reported that nursing diagnosis is the difficult step in the nursing process; and majority 38.2% of students reported that they use ‘infection risk’ diagnostic label frequently. The overall perception of the nursing students related to nursing diagnoses mean ranged from 1.93- 2.33 and median 2.In relation to the association with subscales of NDPS scale and selected demographic variables demonstrated that there were no significant association except program and nursing profession. Conclusion: The student nurses perception on nursing diagnoses was moderate to positive. Positive level of perception indicates that the patient would receive high quality of care.
Key words: Nursing diagnoses, perception, NDPS scale, NANDA I.