Clinical trial NCT06969482: The Effect of Patient Advocacy Training on Advocacy Skills, Ethical Sensitivity, and Patient Safety Culture in Nurses
Official title: The Effect of Patient Advocacy Training on Advocacy Skills, Ethical Sensitivity and Patient Safety Culture in Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Education
Keywords: Patient Advocacy, Ethics, Patient Safety
Lead sponsor: Selcuk University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-05-13
Enrollment: 70
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: Control and intervention group nurses will receive routine training provided by the Hospital Education and Quality Unit. After obtaining informed consent and conducting pre-tests, the 70 nurses forming the study group will be randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups using simple randomization. Subsequently, the intervention group of 35 nurses will receive 8 weeks of training. After the training, both groups will undergo post-tests.

The tools used for evaluation are as follows:

* Personal Information Form
* Patient Advocacy Scale for Nurses
* Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire
* Patient Safety Culture Hospital Questionnaire

These tools will be administered and evaluated by a specialist nurse in both groups.
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: In this study, the aim is to evaluate the effects of patient advocacy training provided to nurses on their advocacy skills, ethical sensitivity, and patient safety culture level.

Detailed description: This research is a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) conducted to investigate the impact of patient advocacy training on nurses by evaluating its effectiveness in increasing nurses' ethical sensitivity and promoting a positive patient safety culture through Bloom's Taxonomy. This study, which will deeply examine the relationship between patient advocacy training, ethical sensitivity, and patient safety culture, aims to provide evidence-based insights that can inform nursing education, training programs, and healthcare policies, ultimately contributing to the improvement of patient outcomes and the overall quality of healthcare delivery.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria: Employees who have no obstacles to participating in the training program Exclusion Criteria: Having worked in the hospital for at least six months

Primary outcomes:
measure: Patient advocacy scale, Moral sensitivity survey, Patient Safety Culture Hospital Survey
timeFrame: up to 8 weeks
measure: Patient Advocacy Scale for Nurses, Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire (ADA),Hospital Patient Safety Culture Survey (HSOPSC)
timeFrame: up to 8 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Educational intervention
timeFrame: after 8 weeks
measure: Post-tests after 8 weeks of training
timeFrame: 1 month
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Selcuk University
name: Neslihan Ş Doctoral student, Doctoral student
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Selcuk University
name: Neslihan Ş ŞAHİN, Doctoral student
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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