Clinical trial NCT05689489: Use of Puzzle Method in Psychiatric Nursing Teaching
Official title: Use of Puzzle Method in Psychiatric Nursing Teaching: A Randomized Controlled Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Psychiatric Nursing
Keywords: Education
Puzzle
Psychiatric Nursing
Lead sponsor: Uskudar University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-01-19
Enrollment: 90
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: Objective: It is thought that the puzzle technique and teaching method will be useful in teaching psychiatric nursing in order to facilitate the learning of psychiatric symptoms and findings and to increase awareness in mental state examination. For this reason, the research was planned to examine the effectiveness of the puzzle technique in learning psychiatric symptoms and findings in psychiatric nursing students.

Design: This study was planned in a randomized controlled experimental design.

Method

Place and Time The research is planned to be carried out between November and January 2022 at a foundation university.

Population and Sample of the Research The population of the research will be 108 students enrolled in the nursing program of a foundation university and taking the "Psychiatric Nursing" course in the fall semester of the 2022-2023 academic year.

In the study, it is aimed to reach the entire universe, not selecting the sample. The students in the universe, who accepted to participate in the study and completed the pre-test, will be assigned to the intervention and control groups by randomization with the help of a generator on the www.random.org website by being numbered according to their order in the student list.

Hypothesis: Students who use puzzle method in teaching psychiatric nursing have higher knowledge levels than students who do not.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Registered in the nursing department of the university where the research will be conducted,
* Taking a psychiatric nursing course in the fall semester of the 2022-2023 academic year,
* Taking the Psychiatric Nursing course for the first time,
* Does not have a communication problem at a level that prevents the conversation,
* Students who volunteer to participate in the research will be included in the research.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Not registered in the nursing department of the university where the research will be conducted,
* Not taking a psychiatric nursing course in the fall semester of the 2022-2023 academic year,
* Taking the Psychiatric Nursing course for the second time,
* Having a communication problem at a level that prevents the conversation,
* Students who do not volunteer to participate in the research will not be included in the research.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Descriptive Characteristics Form
timeFrame: 1 week
measure: Information Form for Concepts Used in the Field of Psychiatric Nursing
timeFrame: for 6 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Uskdar University
state: Umraniye
Study officials:
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