1. The influence of nursing diagnosis on information processing by undergraduate students.
- Author
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da Cruz Dde A and Arcuri EA
- Subjects
- Adult, Cluster Analysis, Humans, Nursing Education Research, Statistics, Nonparametric, Data Interpretation, Statistical, Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate methods, Mental Processes, Nursing Diagnosis standards, Students, Nursing psychology
- Abstract
Purpose: To examine the influence of a nursing diagnosis course on the information processing by undergraduate students., Methods: A quasi-experimental study conducted with two groups (experimental, n = 15; control, n = 22) of undergraduate nursing students, subjecting only one to a nursing diagnosis course. The students' ability to identify, cluster, and name clusters of relevant data were compared between and within groups., Findings: After the course, the experimental group performed better than the control group in the three activities studied., Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that the nursing diagnosis content in teaching favors clinical reasoning to determine the patient's nursing care.
- Published
- 1998