Can a training program make nurses more compassionate?
NCT ID NCT06921369
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study will test a compassionate care training program for nurses, based on Watson's Human Caring Model. The training uses videos and case discussions to help nurses improve their compassion and caring behaviors. Sixty nurses will participate, and their compassion levels will be measured before and after the training.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- compassionate care training (video-supported teaching and case analysis)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this training could become a standard way to help nurses provide more compassionate, patient-centered care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 60 nurses, so results may not apply broadly. The training may not lead to lasting changes in behavior.
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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 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Feb 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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Up to 65 years
- 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: * Volunteering to participate in the study, * Understanding and using Turkish effectively, * Not being on leave during the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Nurses who answered the data collection forms incompletely, * Nurses who did not want to continue the study, * Nurses who did not participate in even one of the compassionate care education programs of the study.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Kirikkale University
Kirikkale, Kırıkkale, 71450, Turkey (Türkiye)
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