fa Original Article <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Background:</strong> Using thinking-based scientific methods such as paper-based and electronic nursing processes in nursing education can lead to education of skilled and efficient experts that can affect students&rsquo; satisfaction in addition to their quality of care. The present study aimed to compare the effects of recording and implementing the nursing process based on two methods (paper-based and electronic) on the quality of patient care and nursing students&rsquo; satisfaction.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Methods:</strong> This randomized-field trial was conducted in 2014 on 64 nursing students that were randomly assigned into two groups of paper-based and electronic nursing process. The intervention included a one-day training on the nursing process and then its implementation on patients using the two mentioned methods during two weeks of internship. Quality of care was measured through a researcher-designed care quality questionnaire before and after the intervention. Students&rsquo; satisfaction with the implementation of the nursing process was measured through a researcher-designed students&rsquo; satisfaction questionnaire after the intervention.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;<strong>Results:</strong> The mean (&plusmn;standard deviation) score of students&rsquo; satisfaction in the paper-based nursing process and the electronic process was 37.3&plusmn;4.7 and 68.9&plusmn;14.2, respectively. There was a statistically significant difference between the two groups (P=0.015). After the intervention, the mean score of care quality in the electronic group was 46.9&plusmn;5.6 and the mean score of the paper-based group was 39.9&plusmn;9.2. This difference was also statistically significant (P<0.05).</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Since electronic nursing process can increase quality of care and students&rsquo; satisfaction more than the paper-based method, the use of electronic method may facilitate the implementation of the nursing process and change education and care giving from traditional forms to a thinking-based approach. Therefore, it is recommended to pay more attention to such method in planning nursing education.</p> Nursing Process, Care Quality, Nursing Student 10 18 http://nmj.goums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-653-2&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Mohammad Rajabpoor 10031947532846004054 10031947532846004054 No Seyed Reza Mazlom Mazlomr@mums.ac.ir 10031947532846004055 10031947532846004055 Yes Gholamhosein Zarifnejad 10031947532846004056 10031947532846004056 No Seyed Mostafa Mohsenizadeh 10031947532846004057 10031947532846004057 No Fatemeh Heshmati Nabavi 10031947532846004058 10031947532846004058 No Simin Sharafi 10031947532846004059 10031947532846004059 No