Abstract:
Abstract
Background: The nursing process is a systematic approach to identifying the care needs of healthy individuals
or patients, and families and groups and to planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing interventions.
Nursing students are also an integral part of it. Research, however, shows that they experience challenges at
different stages of the nursing process
Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the opinions of nursing undergraduate students regarding the
nursing process, challenges experienced in the nursing process and solution suggestions.
Methodology: The sample of this qualitative study consisted of 31 participants. Data were collected using a
descriptive characteristics form and a semi-structured interview form between 20 and 24 January 2020.
Qualitative data were analyzed using descriptive and content analysis. The study was approved by the Ethics
Committee.
Results: The students stated that they have difficulties in many steps of the nursing process, they could not get
sufficient feedback from the instructors and the instructors gave different messages. The duration of clinical
practice is short, and therefore, students are assigned different patients each time they go to the clinic and cannot
find the opportunity to put their care plans into practice.
Conclusions: Nursing students face different problems about nursing process. Therefore, the problems need to
be solved.