The impact of a web-based mind map learning technique on students’ nursing knowledge of the nursing process

OBJECTIVE This research aims to investigate the effects of web-based mind map learning techniques in the nursing process on students’ ability to investigate the nursing diagnosis, descriptive characteristics, and the etiological and risk factors. DESIGN In this experimental study, 91 nursing students enrolled in a state university in a city in Turkey in the 2020–2021 academic year were included. METHODS Data were collected using a test for determining the level of knowledge about the nursing diagnosis and the factors affecting the diagnosis, case sample, and care plan. In the teaching of the nursing process, the experimental group students ( n = 42) experienced the web-based mind map learning technique, while the control group students ( n = 49) experienced the lecture and question-answer teaching methods.