“…When the studies on problem solving skills of university students in Turkey are examined, it is seen that the samples are selected from different faculties (Alcı et. al, 2008;Alver, 2005;Bilge & Arslan, 2000;Çam & Tümkaya, 2006;Diker et al, 2014;Durmuş & Okanlı, 2018;Koç & Büyükgöze Kavas, 2015;Koç, Terzi, & Gül, 2015;Sardoğan, Karahan, & Kaygusuz, 2006, as well as from the faculty of education (Aslan & Uluçınar Sağır, 2012;Çapri & Gökçakan, 2008;Otacıoğlu, 2007;Saracaloğlu, Yenice, & Karasakaloğlu, 2009;Şirin & Güzel, 2006), students from the faculty of economics (Dündar, 2009), and students studying health sciences such as nursing (Akın, Güngör, Mendi, Şahin, Bizat, & Durna, 2007;Başar, Akın, & Durna, 2015;Durmaz, Kaçar, Can, Koca, Yeşilova, & Tortumluoğlu, 2007;Elkin & Karadağlı, 2015;Keskin & Yıldırım, 2008;Olgun, Öntürk, Karabacak, Aslan, & Serbest, 2010;Özyacıoğlu, Aydınoğlu & Aytekin, 2009;Tezel, Arslan, Topal, Aydoğan, Koç, & Şenlik, 2009;Yılmaz, Karaca & Yılmaz, 2009;Yılmaz-Karabulutlu, Yılmaz, & Yurttaş, 2011). The reason for this situation affecting the sample group is the expectation that midwives and nurses, who are health professionals, should have problem-solving skills (Durmaz, et al 2007;Oermann, Truesdall & Ziolkowski, 2000).…”