The analysis of nursing diagnoses determined by students for patients in rehabilitation units

This study aimed to analyze nursing diagnoses determined by the nurs-ing students for pa-tients in rehabilitation unit. Data were collected from 190 case reports submitted by the nursing students who practiced in the rehabilitation unit, and analyzed on the basis of North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) International, Inc. nursing di-agnoses. Thirty different diagnoses were documented in rehabilitation unit. The most frequent nursing diagnosis was im-paired physical mo-bility (n=68, 14.6%). The 30 diagnoses were grouped into 10 domains and 20 classes of the NANDA International, Inc. human response pat-terns. The average quality of nursing statements corresponded to a score of 8.63, indicating relatively good quality. The re-sults of this study will help to improve the quality of nursing process education and pro-vide guidelines to improve the quality of nursing care for the rehabilita-tion nursing situation in Korea.