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- Title
Developing and Testing of a Software Prototype to Support Diagnostic Reasoning of Nursing Students.
- Authors
de Sousa, Vanessa Emille Carvalho; de Oliveira Lopes, Marcos Venícios; Keenan, Gail M.; Lopez, Karen Dunn
- Abstract
PURPOSE: To design and test educational software to improve nursing students’ diagnostic reasoning through NANDA‐I‐based clinical scenarios. METHODS: A mixed method approach was used and included content validation by a panel of 13 experts and prototype testing by a sample of 56 students. FINDINGS: Experts’ suggestions included writing adjustments, new response options, and replacement of clinical information on the scenarios. Percentages of students’ correct answers were 65.7%, 62.2%, and 60.5% for related factors, defining characteristics, and nursing diagnoses, respectively. CONCLUSION: Full development of this software shows strong potential for enhancing students’ diagnostic reasoning. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: New graduates may be able to apply diagnostic reasoning more rapidly by exercising their diagnostic skills within this software. OBJETIVO: Desenvolver e testar um protótipo de software educativo para melhorar o raciocínio diagnóstico de estudantes de enfermagem. MÉTODOS: Uma abordagem mista foi utilizada e incluiu validação de conteúdo por 13 experts e testagem do protótipo por 56 estudantes. RESULTADOS: Sugestões dos experts incluíram ajustes na escrita, inclusão de novas opções de resposta e substituição de dados clínicos nos cenários. Os percentuais de respostas corretas dos estudantes foram 65,7%, 62,2% e 60,5% para fatores relacionados, características definidoras e diagnósticos de enfermagem respectivamente. CONCLUSÃO: O desenvolvimento deste software tem um forte potencial para melhorar o raciocínio diagnóstico de estudantes. IMPLICAÇÕES PARA A PRÁTICA EM ENFERMAGEM: Através deste software, enfermeiros poderão ser capazes de exercitar o raciocínio diagnóstico e aplicá‐lo mais rapidamente.
- Subjects
MIDWEST (U.S.); CHI-squared test; COLLEGE students; CRITICAL thinking; DECISION making; DIAGNOSIS; EXPERTISE; RESEARCH methodology; NOSOLOGY; NURSES; NURSING diagnosis; NURSING students; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH evaluation; STATISTICAL sampling; SCALE analysis (Psychology); STATISTICS; DECISION making in clinical medicine; JUDGMENT sampling; DATA analysis; QUANTITATIVE research; SOFTWARE architecture; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MANN Whitney U Test
- Publication
International Journal of Nursing Knowledge, 2018, Vol 29, Issue 2, p124
- ISSN
2047-3087
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/2047-3095.12145