Can a video game make nurses more ethical?
NCT ID NCT07235241
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study will test whether a specially designed digital game can help nursing students become more ethically sensitive and better at making ethical decisions. Sixty fourth-year nursing students who have already passed an ethics course will play the game over four weeks, covering one ethical principle each week. Researchers will measure changes in their ethical sensitivity and decision-making using standard questionnaires.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Digital game-based teaching module
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward an engaging way to teach ethics to nursing students, potentially improving patient care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 60 participants. The outcomes are based on surveys and tests, not real-world patient outcomes, so results may not translate to actual practice.
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Study facts
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- 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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Mar 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 to 40 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: Students must: * Have taken and successfully completed the Nursing Ethics course, * Be a fourth-year nursing student who has successfully completed all professional courses and is undertaking the 'Professional Training in the Workplace' placement. Exclusion Criteria: * Students who have not taken the Nursing Ethics course or have failed the course before taking the Professional Training in the Workplace course. * Having a conditional grade point average (CGPA \<2.00) up to the period when the data was collected.
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