Nursing students train with live actors to master blood pressure monitoring
NCT ID NCT07670364
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether nursing students learn blood pressure monitoring better by practicing on a live actor (standardized patient) or a static manikin. Researchers will measure mental effort, skill accuracy, and student confidence. The goal is to find the best way to train nurses for real-world, high-pressure situations.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- simulation training (standardized patient vs static manikin)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help nursing schools design more effective, realistic training that reduces student mental strain and improves patient safety.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage educational study with 74 students, not a clinical treatment trial. Results may not apply to other skills or settings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 74 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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20 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Being a undergraduate nursing student currently enrolled in the specified nursing department/faculty. * Volunteering to participate in the study and providing written informed consent. * Taking the relevant clinical nursing course for the first time. * Having successfully completed the baseline theoretical lectures related to vital signs and basic invasive procedures. Exclusion Criteria: * Having prior formal clinical experience or advanced training regarding invasive arterial blood pressure monitoring or line stabilization. * Having a known physical or visual impairment that would prevent the participant from performing psychomotor simulation tasks. * Repeating the academic year or the clinical course due to prior failure. --Withdrawing from the study voluntarily or failing to attend the mandatory 45-minute baseline theoretical training session.
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