As Türk, Tuğrul, and Şahbaz, (2013) stated, “NANDA-I nursing diagnoses are used throughout the world to create a common and standard language in nursing care” (p. 131). Having a standard language in nursing is fundamental because it does not allow misunderstanding to constantly take place in the nursing field. For instance, if nurses have the same definitions, it eliminates the probability that the word will be misused in another situation. As stated by NANDA-I (2016), their purpose is to “develop, refine and promote terminology that accurately reflects nurses ' clinical judgments” (para. 3). As we can see, with the help of NANDA-I nurses are able to precise terminology. In my opinion, NANDA-I makes it easier so nurses to choose a diagnosis that relates to the assessment of the …show more content…
Lunney (2010) stated, “Continuous development of critical thinking (CT) abilities for use in the diagnostic process is needed because diagnoses of human responses are the foundation of nursing care” (p. 82). Critical thinking takes place throughout the nursing process; as a result, it is safe to say that critical thinking is a crucial part of the nursing process. Without critical thinking, the nurse might not be able to come up with the most reasonable answer to a patient problem or concern. On the other hand, critical thinking is not a step-by-step process that is continuously repeated in a cycle like the nursing process. Critical thinking is recognized when an individual can back up their statement with applicable evidence (Black, 2014, p. 216). For example, a nurse figuring out which of the patient’s medication can possibly interact with each other, so that the physician can administer an alternative