Gülengün Türk, Nihal Taşkıran, Elem Kocaçal, Sercan Özdemir
Türk Fen ve Sağlık Dergisi - 2025;6(3):133-141
Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the effect of the scenario-based simulation method on students' use of nursing diagnoses. Material and Methods: This study was designed as a quasi-experimental research design with control group. The sample of the study consisted of 104 first-year nursing students, including control (n = 52) and experimental (n = 52) groups. A scenario-based simulation method was used for the students in the experimental group in the laboratory practice. The traditional lecturing method and case studies were used in the control group. Data from the study were collected from the care plans that the students had prepared with the data from patients in clinical practice. Results: The students in the experimental group identified 20 different nursing diagnoses, whereas the students in the control group used 14. A statistically significant difference was found between the experimental and control groups in terms of the total number of nursing diagnoses used (p=0.023, X2= 19.305). Conclusion: The scenario-based simulation is an effective method that can be used in teaching nursing diagnoses. Scenario-based simulation has a positive effect on the identification of nursing diagnoses by correctly naming them with the labels and components found as standard in NANDA-I.
