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Nursing interns at risk: study tracks who may leave the profession
NCT ID NCT07682493
First seen Jul 06, 2026 · Last updated Jul 07, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study follows 500 nursing students through their clinical internships to understand why some begin to psychologically distance themselves from nursing. Participants complete online surveys every three months about their experiences, stress, fatigue, and sleep. The goal is to identify early warning signs and build a model that predicts who is at highest risk of disengaging from the profession.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help identify nursing interns at risk of leaving the profession early, allowing for targeted support.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, so it cannot prove cause and effect. Results may not apply to all nursing programs or regions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
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.
Who is studied
The study population will consist of full-time undergraduate nursing students from multiple participating universities in China, including students who are about to enter or are in the early stage of clinical internship. Eligible students will be recruited using a non-probability convenience sampling method and followed prospectively through online questionnaires during the internship period.
- Ages
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18 to 25 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: 1. Full-time undergraduate students majoring in nursing. 2. Students who are about to enter clinical internship or are in the early stage of clinical internship. 3. Students who are able to use the WeChat mini-program to complete questionnaires. 4. Students with normal reading comprehension ability. 5. Students who voluntarily agree to participate in the study and provide informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Students who are unable to complete the internship during the study period due to suspension of schooling, withdrawal from school, military service, long-term sick leave, or other reasons. 2. Students who have participated in similar interventional studies that may affect the assessment of the primary outcome. 3. Students with severe physical or mental illness, or other conditions that make them unable to complete the questionnaires independently. Exclusion From Analysis Criteria: 1. Questionnaires with an obviously too short completion time, below the minimum reasonable response time set by the research team. 2. Questionnaires with patterned responses or obvious logical inconsistencies. 3. Questionnaires with missing key variables that cannot be used for the main statistical analysis. 4. Repeated submissions at the same time point where the valid version cannot be confirmed.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Nanjing Medical University
RECRUITINGNanjing, Jiangsu, 211166, China