Empowerment Program for New Graduated Nurses

NCT05597618 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: secelik
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 68
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aimed to develop a training program for the empowerment of newly graduated nurses and to evaluate the effectiveness of this program. The training program designed to empower newly graduated nurses is based on the theories of "structural empowerment" and "psychological empowerment." The training program consists of two parts: face-to-face theoretical training and online training. To evaluate the effectiveness of the training program to be developed for the empowerment of newly graduated nurses, the research was planned as a single-center, parallel-group randomized controlled study, following the Consolidated Reporting Trials Standards (CONSORT) guidelines. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. 1.Is there a difference between the structural empowerment perception levels of the experimental group nurses who received the empowerment training program and the control group nurses who went through the routine orientation program?
2. 2.Is there a difference between the psychological empowerment perception levels of the experimental group nurses who received the empowerment training program and the control group nurses who went through the routine orientation program? The research population will be newly graduated nurses (12 months or less of experience) working at Koç University Hospital. Experimental and control groups are expected to apply questionnaires including the "Introductory Information Questionnaire, Empowerment Information Evaluation Questionnaire, Nursing Structural Empowerment Scale, and Psychological Empowerment Scale" as a pre-test. Nurses in the control and experimental groups will receive the routine practices of the institution. The training program developed in addition to the experimental group will be applied. Six months after the training, the experimental and control groups are expected to apply the questionnaires, including the Nursing Structural Empowerment Scale, the Psychological Empowerment Scale, and the Empowerment Information Evaluation Questionnaire as a post-test.

Conditions

Empowerment

Keywords

Education; Empowerment; Graduated; Nurses; Training

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Nursing Structural Empowerment Scale

  The Nursing Structural Empowerment Scale, developed based on Kanter's theory, was revised by Laschinger in 2001 and took its final form (CWEQ-II). The scale is used to evaluate nurses' perception of workplace structural empowerment and consists of 6 dimensions and 19 items as access to opportunities, access to information, access to resources, support, and formal and informal power. To obtain construct validity, a 2-item Global Empowerment Sub-Scale was added to the scale in 1995, and this score was not included in the scale score. The structural reinforcement scale is in a 5-point Likert style. The General Reinforcement score is obtained by adding and averaging the two general enhancement items at the end of the questionnaire. The total score between 6-13 indicates low, the total score between 14-22 indicates medium, and the total score between 23-30 indicates a high level of empowerment perception.

  Change from Nursing Structural Empowerment Levels at 6 months

• Psychological Empowerment Scale

  The psychological empowerment scale was developed by Spreitzer in 1995. In the scale, psychological empowerment is defined under four dimensions: meaning, competence, autonomy, and impact. There are 12 questions in total, three of which are in each dimension of psychological empowerment in the scale. The questions are in a 7-point Likert type. The scores of the answers given to the statements in the scale are summed to obtain the psychological empowerment score. The lowest score obtained from the scale is 12, which indicates low psychological empowerment perception, while the highest score is 84, which indicates high psychological empowerment perception.

  Change from Nursing Psychological Empowerment Levels at 6 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Empowerment Information Evaluation Questionnaire

  Change from Empowerment Knowledge Level at 6 months

Study Arms (2)

No Intervantion Group

NO INTERVENTION

Application Steps of Control Group New Graduated Nurses The control group nurses will be required to fill in the "Introductory Information Questionnaire, Empowerment Information Evaluation Questionnaire, Nursing Structural Empowerment Scale, and Psychological Empowerment Scale" in the randomization process.

Experimental Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Application Steps of Experimental Group New Graduated Nurses In the first stage, the experimental group nurses will be required to fill in the "Introductory Information Questionnaire, Information Evaluation Questionnaire for Empowerment, Nursing Structural Empowerment Scale, and Psychological Empowerment Scale" in the randomization process. In the second stage, the theoretical part of the training program will be given to nurses as group training in a physical environment. After the training, the first part of the Training Evaluation Form and the Empowerment Information Evaluation Questionnaire will be applied. In the third stage, nurses will be required to use the developed mobile-compatible online training program for 6 months. In the fourth stage, Education Evaluation Form, the Nursing Structural Empowerment Scale, the Psychological Empowerment Scale, and the Empowerment Information Evaluation Questionnaire will be applied to the nurses after 6 months.

Other: Training Program to be Developed for Empowering New Graduated Nurses

Interventions

Training Program to be Developed for Empowering New Graduated Nurses OTHER

The training program, which will be prepared based on structural and psychological empowerment theories, will consist of two parts: face-to-face theoretical training and online training. 1. Theoretical Education Part In the theoretical part, empowerment based on structural and psychological empowerment theories, effective communication, problem-solving and decision-making, time management, stress management, and nursing legislation will occur. In addition, the subject related to the institution's promotion (organizational chart, vision, mission, values, etc.) will be included. 2. Online Education Part In the online part; Videos of theoretical education subjects, institutional information, and documents (institutional instructions and procedures, institution vision-mission-values, management chart, etc.), nursing-related legislation (nursing law, nursing regulation), nursing ethical codes and case studies of sample subjects are included.

Experimental Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Total working time in the profession is less than 12 months
• Having at least a bachelor's degree in nursing

You may not qualify if:

• Total working time in the profession is over 12 months
• Dismissal during the research process
• Having an education level below the undergraduate level

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Koç University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Koç University School of Nursing

Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (5)

• Im SB, Cho MK, Kim SY, Heo ML. The Huddling Programme: effects on empowerment, organisational commitment and ego-resilience in clinical nurses - a randomised trial. J Clin Nurs. 2016 May;25(9-10):1377-87. doi: 10.1111/jocn.13228. Epub 2016 Mar 16.

  PMID: 26990685 BACKGROUND

• Kuokkanen L, Leino-Kilpi H, Numminen O, Isoaho H, Flinkman M, Meretoja R. Newly graduated nurses' empowerment regarding professional competence and other work-related factors. BMC Nurs. 2016 Mar 24;15:22. doi: 10.1186/s12912-016-0143-9. eCollection 2016.

  PMID: 27013927 BACKGROUND

• Spence Laschinger HK, Nosko A, Wilk P, Finegan J. Effects of unit empowerment and perceived support for professional nursing practice on unit effectiveness and individual nurse well-being: a time-lagged study. Int J Nurs Stud. 2014 Dec;51(12):1615-23. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.04.010. Epub 2014 Apr 19.

  PMID: 24810929 BACKGROUND

• Laschinger HK, Finegan J, Shamian J. The impact of workplace empowerment, organizational trust on staff nurses' work satisfaction and organizational commitment. Health Care Manage Rev. 2001 Summer;26(3):7-23. doi: 10.1097/00004010-200107000-00002.

  PMID: 11482178 RESULT

• Spreitzer, G. M. Psychological empowerment in the workplace: Dimension, measurement, and validation. The Academy of Management Journal. 1995; 38(5): 1442-1465.

  RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Empowerment

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Social Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Sevilay Şenol Çelik, MSN

  Koc University School of Nursing

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: The masking technique was used in the randomization process in the research, and care was taken not to know who was in the intervention and who was in the control group during the assignment process until the study started. In the process of hiding random assignment, the closed envelope method was used.
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Model Details: Sixty-eight participants were randomly selected from the list of newly graduated nurses from the hospital using a simple random numbers table. After obtaining consent from the participants and evaluating the inclusion criteria, 68 participants were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. Using the block randomization method (randomizer.org), these nurses were assigned to the experimental and control groups by a research assistant in the institution where the researchers were not involved in the study work.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 18, 2022
• First Posted: October 28, 2022
• Study Start: June 8, 2023
• Primary Completion: August 8, 2024
• Study Completion: November 1, 2025
• Last Updated: March 10, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF
• Time Frame: Beginning nine months and ending 36 months following article publication.
• Access Criteria: Proposals may be submitted up to 36 months following article publication. After 36 months, the data will be available in our University's data warehouse but without investigator support other than deposited metadata.

Locations

TU (1)