Applying nursing process education in workshop framework

This study aimed to assess the effect of a workshop presentation in learning nursing process and compare this method with traditional teaching scheme in development of knowledge and skill in applying nursing process on nursing students.At the beginning of the sessions, all the necessary information was taught. Students were then split into three groups. Under the supervision of the instructor they were given 90 minutes to come up with all the possible nursing diagnoses and goals, based on what they had been taught for an imaginary patient was given to them. After each presentation, important instructional points were again highlighted for open discussion and exchange of opinion. As a final project the students were required to write a bedside nursing care plan for the instructor to evaluate. Compare with students of last two semesters which had this course with traditional teaching method, students mark was increased significantly (P = 0.0001).