Simulation training boosts nursing Students' pediatric skills, study finds
NCT ID NCT07512414
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether a simulation-based lab program could help nursing students feel more competent and less anxious when caring for children. Sixty third-year nursing students took part. The program included hands-on practice with tasks like taking vital signs, hygiene care, and giving medications. Researchers measured students' perceived competence, self-efficacy, and anxiety levels.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- simulation-based pediatric nursing laboratory education
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could improve how nursing students learn pediatric skills, potentially leading to better patient care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-center study with only 60 participants. Results may not apply to other schools or settings, and the focus is on student learning, not direct patient outcomes.
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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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60 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Finished
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May 2024
- 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.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: * Being a third-year nursing student, * Not having previously taken the Pediatric Nursing course, * Not having practiced in pediatric clinics, * Not being a graduate of a health vocational high school, * Volunteering to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Not participating in the laboratory practice, * Not completing all forms to be used in the study, * Withdrawing from the study at any stage, * Working as a nurse.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ondokuz Mayıs University
Samsun, Atakum, 55200, Turkey (Türkiye)
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