Simulated patients, real skills: a new training approach for future nurses
NCT ID NCT07747051
First seen Aug 05, 2026 · Last updated Aug 06, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether a scenario-based simulation training session can reduce anxiety, boost self-confidence, and improve clinical skills in nursing students when counseling pregnant women about nutrition. Half of the participants will take part in a 20-minute simulated counseling session followed by a structured debriefing, while the other half will not. Researchers will compare anxiety levels, self-efficacy, and performance on a skills checklist between the two groups to see if the training makes a difference.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Scenario-based simulation training on pregnancy nutrition counseling
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this training approach could become a standard method to better prepare nursing students for real-world counseling, reducing their anxiety and improving patient care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with 52 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The outcomes rely on self-reported anxiety and a researcher-developed skills checklist, which may not fully capture real-world performance.
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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 52 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jul 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Aug 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 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: * Undergraduate nursing students enrolled in the Department of Nursing. * Willingness to participate in the study and provision of written informed consent. * No previous participation in scenario-based simulation training on pregnancy nutrition counseling or a similar topic. Exclusion Criteria: * Failure to attend the intervention or complete the study procedures. * Incomplete completion of the pretest or posttest questionnaires. * Withdrawal from the study at any stage
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