Clinical trial NCT06195215: The Effect of Peer Counseling on Nursing Image
Official title: The Effect of Peer Counseling Initiative Applied to First Year Nursing Students in the Orientation Process on Their Perception of Nursing Image
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Nursing
Keywords: nursing image
nursing student
orientation
peer education
Lead sponsor: Mersin University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-01-08
Enrollment: 108
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: The research will be conducted in a single-centre, parallel group, randomised controlled pretest-posttest design.
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The aim of this randomised controlled study was to examine the effect of peer counselling on first-year nursing students' perceptions of nursing image in orientation processes.The H0 hypothesis of the study is that there is no statistical difference between the scores of the image scale towards nursing between the experimental and control groups after the peer-assisted orientation process.

Detailed description: In the study, pre-test data will be collected from the first year students enrolled in the school by using the 'Sociodemographic Data Form' and the 'Image Scale for Nursing Profession'. According to the pre-test results, 108 first-year nursing students who scored 143 points or less from the Image Scale for Nursing Profession will be determined by an independent statistical expert. These students will then be assigned to the experimental (n=54) and control (n=54) groups by simple randomisation method. The students in the intervention group will be randomly grouped with 27 senior nursing students who voluntarily agree to participate in the project to provide peer counseling, and one senior student will counsel 2 first-year students. A 7-week counseling process of 1 hour per week will be applied to 54 students in the intervention group. The research will be finalised by applying the post-test to the control and intervention groups immediately after the intervention.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

The experimental and control group to be included in the study

* Continuing their education in the first year of Mersin University Faculty of Nursing in the 2023-2024 Academic Year,
* Willing to participate in the study voluntarily, signing the informed consent form/written consent form,
* Does not have any cognitive, affective and verbal problems that prevent communication
* It is planned to include nursing students with an Image Scale for Nursing Profession score of 143 and lower.

Exclusion Criteria:

The experimental and control group to be excluded in the study

* Do not wish to participate as a volunteer, do not sign the informed consent form/written consent form
* Have a problem that prevents them from communicating cognitively, emotionally and verbally,
* It is planned to exclude nursing students with an Image Scale for Nursing Profession score of 143 and higher from the study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Nursing image scores evaluated using Image Scale for Nursing Profession
timeFrame: Before the intervention, Immediately after the intervention.
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Mersin
country: Turkey
facility: Turkey, Mersin Üniversity
Study officials:
affiliation: Mersin Üniversity
name: Sümeyye Kaya Kocagil, Master
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Apaydin Cirik V, Gul U, Aksoy B. The image of nursing among nursing and other healthcare professional university students: A mixed-method study. Nurse Educ Pract. 2022 Feb;59:103293. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2022.103293. Epub 2022 Jan 12.