The Effect of Mobile Application Use on Drug Administration Knowledge and Skill Level of Pediatric Nursing Students

NCT06613451 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 1919B012312024
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 70
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Care forms the basis of the nursing profession. Nurses have many roles, duties and responsibilities in the care process. One of these roles is safe drug practices within the scope of its therapeutic/healing role. Safe medication practices are an important component of patient safety, which is one of the most important indicators of quality in health care services. The pediatric patient group is a group at risk for medication errors. The reasons for this situation include the developmental characteristics of the pediatric group, their anatomical differences, their bioavailability, pharmacokinetic properties and pharmacodynamic properties compared to adults, the lack of ready-made forms of pediatric dose drugs, the excess of nurses' care practices in pediatric children, the limited communication ability of the pediatric patient, lack of personnel, medication for the pediatric group. There are deficiencies in application knowledge and skills. Medication errors can lead to fatal situations for children. There are a number of improvements made to prevent this situation. Despite all the improvements, it is seen that nurses continue to experience difficulties in drug preparation and administration, and medication administration is still a significant problem. One of the most important steps in solving this problem is the training on drug administration to be given during undergraduate education. Considering the learning skills and preferences of undergraduate nursing students living in adolescence, it is seen that they have a predisposition to technology, their ability to use it in daily life, and their interests. For this reason, it seems that technology-based applications can be used to help students learn medication practices more willingly, permanently and effectively. Technology and mobile applications; It is a learning method that affects all tactile, visual and kinesthetic areas. Use of technology in education; It develops independent learning skills, increases active learning, and offers different types of learning strategies together. It is planned to examine the effect of the mobile application developed with the planned project on the knowledge and skill level of intravenous (IV), intramuscular (IM) and subcutaneous (SC) drug applications, which are among the pediatric drug applications that are frequently mistaken in the literature.

Conditions

Nurse's Role; Nursing Caries

Keywords

nurse student; RCT; drug administration; mobile application

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Knowledge test

  The knowledge test developed to evaluate students' knowledge of subcutaneous, intramuscular and intravenous drug preparation and administration consists of 15 open-ended questions. The minimum values: 0 and maximum values:75. Higher scores mean a better.

  through study completion-an average of 1 week

• Skills assessment checklist

  It was developed to evaluate students' subcutaneous, intramuscular and intravenous drug preparation and administration skills within the scope of the Child Health and Diseases Nursing course. Checklists are used for the implementation of the course. The minimum values: 0 and maximum values:100. Higher scores mean a better.

  through study completion-an average of 1 week

Study Arms (2)

Intervention Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Mobil application

Other: Mobile Application

Control Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

standard undergraduate education

Other: Mobile Application

Interventions

Mobile Application OTHER

Mobile Application Use on the Intravenous, Intramuscular and Subcutaneous Drug Administration

Control Group; Intervention Group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• having a smart phone
• with internet access
• agreeing to participate in the research
• completing all tabs of the mobile app

You may not qualify if:

• I have previously taken courses, courses, etc. on pharmaceutical applications. participation

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Gazi University: lead
• The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Gazi University

Çankaya, Ankara, 06460, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Officials

• Rukiye Çelik

  Gazi University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: CARE PROVIDER
• Masking Details: Nursing Student
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Assistant

Model Details: Randomized Controlled Study

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 19, 2024
• First Posted: September 26, 2024
• Study Start: July 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: September 20, 2024
• Study Completion: September 30, 2024
• Last Updated: August 5, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-08

Locations

TU (1)