Distance Education for Nursing Students on Critical Thinking

NCT05403411 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2021-127
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 153
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Critical thinking forms the basis of nursing knowledge. Critical thinking skills constitute a vital part of the nurse's work performance, adaptation, problem solving, awareness of the responsibilities of the profession, and the conceptual understanding of nursing. Due to the increasing number of dependent patients, complex care needs and increasing research in the field of health, intensive care nurses have to think critically in order to learn throughout life, develop professionally, work effectively with teammates, reach care and treatment goals, and contribute to the change of society.

Conditions

Critical Thinking

Keywords

Critical thinking; Intensive care; Nursing student; Distance education

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• critical thinking disposition

  evaluated with "critical thinking disposition (CTHD) scale". This scale include 5 subdimensions. Total minimum score is 49, maximum score is 245. An increase in the score indicates that the tendency to think critically increases.

  before the implementation

• critical thinking disposition

  evaluated with "critical thinking disposition (CTHD) scale". This scale include 5 subdimensions. Total minimum score is 49, maximum score is 245. An increase in the score indicates that the tendency to think critically increases.

  8 weeks after the implementation

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

Distance education for nursing students on critical thinking

Other: Distance education for nursing students on critical thinking

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

The control group was given a booklet for critical thinking.

Interventions

Distance education for nursing students on critical thinking OTHER

The students in the intervention group were trained with distance education method for the first 4 weeks, and in the following weeks, with theoretical and case presentations. Critical thinking techniques were used during the trainings. A total of 8 weeks of training was given. Training was given for the first 5 weeks without interruption, and for the next three weeks with a two-week break. Critical thinking disposition scale was applied in the pre-test and post-test.

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Willingness to participate in the research,
• Willingness to participate in the research,
• Not having taken a critical thinking course before,
• Being able to speak Turkish,

You may not qualify if:

• Not being willing to participate in the research,
• Not willing to participate in the research,
• To fill in the research forms incompletely,
• Working as a nurse in an institution
• To be a graduate of the nursing department from a health vocational high school.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Esra Tayaz: lead

Study Sites (1)

Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing

Ankara, Çubuk, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Officials

• Esra Tayaz

  Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Assistant

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 22, 2022
• First Posted: June 3, 2022
• Study Start: March 9, 2021
• Primary Completion: June 8, 2021
• Study Completion: June 8, 2021
• Last Updated: June 3, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)