Can a phone app teach nurses to make tough ethical calls?
NCT ID NCT07601776
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a mobile app, based on a bioethical decision-making model, can improve ethical decision-making and sensitivity in nursing students. 90 fourth-year nursing students will be randomly assigned to use the app or do face-to-face case analysis. Researchers will measure changes using standard tests before, after, and during follow-up.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- mobile application based on the Thompson & Thompson bioethical decision-making model
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, scalable way to improve ethical skills in nursing education.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 90 students at one university, so results may not apply broadly. It measures test scores, not real-world 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 90 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2027
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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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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 4th-year nursing student. * Having taken and successfully passed the Professional Ethics course. * Having a mobile device and internet access. * Willing to volunteer to participate in the research. Exclusion Criteria: * Difficulty understanding and speaking Turkish * Having a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) below 2.00 Exclusion criteria from the study: * Experiencing problems with internet access * Completing data collection forms incompletely/incorrectly * Not attending any of the case study or case analysis sessions * Wishing to withdraw from the study
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