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Developing and Testing of a Software Prototype to Support Diagnostic Reasoning of Nursing Students

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.