The Effect of Digital Stories on Nursing Students' Medical Error and Safe Drug Administration

NCT07142460 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: HakimeAslan
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 64
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Aim This study aimed to determine the effect of digital stories on nursing students' medical error tendencies and safe parenteral drug administration self-efficacy. Method The study was conducted between May-July 2024 with 64 students (Intervention: 31, Control: 33) studying at the Faculty of Nursing of a university in eastern Turkey and taking the first year nursing principles course. The data were obtained by using 'Personal Information Form', 'Medical Error Tendency Scale, Drug and Transfusion Practices Subscale' and 'Safe Parenteral Drug Administration Self-Efficacy Scale'. During the research process, the students in the experimental group were shared the digital stories prepared for drug applications from the WhatsApp group and were asked to watch them for two weeks.During 2 weeks, the researchers met with the students twice in the classroom environment and received feedback on the digital stories. Students in the control group continued the routine theoretical and practical process.

Conditions

Nursing Students

Keywords

Digital story; Medical error,; Nursing education,; Self-efficacy,; Students

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Efeect of Medical Error Tendency

  For the pre-test data, 'Individual Introduction Form' and 'Medical Error Tendency Scale' were given to the students and they were asked to fill them in. At the end of 2 weeks, the 'Medical Error Tendency Scale' was applied again at the end of the 2nd week to see the change in the medical error tendency levels of the students who were trained with digital stories teaching method for 2 weeks. Medical Error Tendency Scale: It was developed by Özata and Altunkan to measure the medical error tendencies of nurses. The scale consists of 49 items and 5 different sub-dimensions, and the sub-dimension used in this study, the sub-dimension of medication and transfusion practices, consists of 18 items. The higher the mean score of the scale, the lower the tendency of nurses to make medical errors.

  2 week

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Effect of Safe Parenteral Drug Administration Self-Efficacy

  2 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Digital story

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Intervention

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention

Interventions

Intervention BEHAVIORAL

The students in the experimental group were shared the digital stories prepared for drug applications from the WhatsApp group and were asked to watch them for two weeks. Students were able to watch the stories on their mobile phones at the time and frequency they wanted. During 2 weeks, the researchers met with the students twice in the classroom environment and received feedback on the digital stories. Feedbacks about the real meaning of the stories and their contribution to education were obtained by using discussion and question-answer methods. Each student explained their opinions about the stories and had the opportunity to think deeply about them by receiving feedback from their classmates.

Digital story

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Being 18 or over
• To be enrolled in the first year of nursing,
• To received training on drug administration for the first time,
• To have no physical disabilities related to vision, hearing and motor skills,
• To have a smart mobile phone with Android/IOS operating system,
• To volunteer to participate in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• To repeated the first grade
• Not volunteering to participate in the research.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Inonu University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Inonu University

Malatya, Malatya, 44280, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Methods

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Investigative Techniques

Study Officials

• Hakime Aslan

  Faculty of Nursing

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: Randomized controlled trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 17, 2025
• First Posted: August 26, 2025
• Study Start: May 15, 2024
• Primary Completion: July 15, 2024
• Study Completion: August 15, 2025
• Last Updated: August 26, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)