Background: An innovative thinking technique called mind mapping can help nursing students learn to
retain the key ideas and establish a learning environment that promotes information processing. The
research aimed to investigate the effect of mind mapping on cognitive achievement and critical thinking
skills of nursing students. Research design: A Quazi- experimental research design was utilized.
Research setting: This research was carried out at Al -Azhar Faculty of Nursing, in Nasr city, Cairo.
Research sample: 156 third-year nursing students who signed up for the nursing administration course
serve as a convenient sample and was divided randomly into two groups; control and study group, each
group (No. =78). Tools: Three tools were utilized to gather the data; Mind mapping questionnaire,
cognitive achievement questionnaire and Yoon's critical thinking disposition instrument. Results: The
majority of nursing students in the study group (89.7%) had a satisfactory level of knowledge about mind
mapping immediately after applying it. Moreover, a satisfactory level of cognitive achievement was also
achieved by the majority of nursing students (85.9%) and almost one third of them (32.1%), in the study
and control groups, respectively. Additionally, (84.6% & 50%) of the nursing students in the two groups
immediately following the application of mind mapping demonstrated high and moderate levels of critical
thinking, respectively. Conclusion: The correlation between the total scores for both groups' critical
thinking and cognitive achievement was highly statistically significant positive. The study suggested
expanding the use of mind mapping in additional nursing courses and increasing faculty members'
awareness on its use.