Purpose: The aim of this paper is to examine the attitude of the respondents on the application of nursing diagnosis in nursing care, common problems and commonly used nursing diagnoses. Respondents: 70 students of II. and III. academic year of University department of Health Studies, anonymus and voluntary participation. Methods: The study was conducted using a questionnaire developed in collaboration with the supervisor. The study was approved by the ethics committee of University department of Health Studies. Data analysis: The collected data were entered using MS Office. Data were analyzed and displayed using MS Excel. Findings: 60% of the respondents believe that the nursing diagnoses are basis of nursing work and their application enables a holistic approach to the patient. 25% of respondents have a problem in defining the cause of the problem in health care. The most commonly used nursing diagnoses are: pain (83%), anxiety (40%), high risk for fall and a high risk for infection (40%). Conclusions: 18% of respondents of the II. academic year and 23% of the III. academic year feel that they need additional training in nursing diagnoses, while striking a big difference in the claims that they do not need additional education compared to those from III. academic year (28 : 58%). 45% of respondents from II. academic year and 58% of respondents from III. academic year would attend additional education, if the same held.