Nurses' perception of nursing diagnosis.

Formulating a nursing diagnosis on the basis of a patient's situation and health is a task that places great demands on a nurse's skills in many areas. The nurses in the study were in contact with nursing diagnoses in their daily work, mainly in standard care plans. All were in favor of using care plans and nursing diagnoses. Awareness of the signs and related factors that exist in the electronic health record (EHR) was low.