Can leadership training help nurses save lives? new study aims to find out
NCT ID NCT07378696
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a leadership program called LOCI helps nurses and their managers use the latest research in everyday care. About 300 nurses and managers from psychiatric and elder care units in Finland will take part. The program includes training and mentoring to improve how evidence-based practices—like suicide prevention and malnutrition care—are adopted. Researchers will measure if the program is useful and if it leads to better patient care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI) strategy
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that leadership training helps nurses adopt proven practices, improving patient safety and care quality in mental health and elder care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study in Finland, so results may not apply elsewhere. The program is behavioral, not a drug, so changes may be modest and hard to sustain.
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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 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
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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18 years and older
- 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Nurse manager * Registered nurse * Practical nurse * Nurse director Exclusion Criteria: • Other healtcare professionals
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The Wellbeing Services Country of Southwest Finland
RECRUITINGTurku, Finland
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