End-of-Life Care Preparedness Program for Senior Nursing Students

Hilal ALTUNDAL DURU

Status: Completed

Conditions: Attitude; End-of-Life Care; Self-Efficacy

Treatments: Other: The End-of-Life Care Preparedness Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07257159

KaratekinU

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, between 1 April- 31 May 2025, who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 59 senior nursing students who are with 4th year nursing students starting the Nursing Department of Çankırı Karatekin University and Sakarya Applied Sciences University.

Full description

The End-of-Life Care Preparedness Program will be held in a online environment for the students in the intervention group. This training program has been developed based on the literature. The primary aim of the program was to enable participants to recognize their own thoughts and emotions about death, and to support their development in key areas of end-of-life care. Specifically, the content addressed providing care to dying individuals, caring for the deceased person, preparing the body after death, and offering psychosocial support to the bereaved family. The intervention consisted of four weekly sessions, each lasting approximately 90 minutes, delivered in an online group format via online. The training program will be applied to 29 senior nursing students in the intervention group. The sessions were structured to include psychoeducational content, interactive exercises, group discussions, and opportunities for reflection.

Enrollment: 59 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• final-year nursing students
• consent to take part voluntarily
• accessed to the required technology and competencies for attending online sessions

Exclusion criteria

• failed to complete the data collection tools in full
• missed intervention sessions
• chosed to withdraw at any point during the intervention or follow-up phase

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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59 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The End-of-Life Care Preparedness Program will be held in a online environment for the students in the intervention group. This training program has been developed based on the literature. The primary aim of the program was to enable participants to recognize their own thoughts and emotions about death, and to support their development in key areas of end-of-life care. Specifically, the content addressed providing care to dying individuals, caring for the deceased person, preparing the body after death, and offering psychosocial support to the bereaved family. The intervention consisted of four weekly sessions, each lasting approximately 90 minutes, delivered in an online group format via online. The training program will be applied to 29 senior nursing students in the intervention group. The sessions were structured to include psychoeducational content, interactive exercises, group discussions, and opportunities for reflection.

Treatment:

Other: The End-of-Life Care Preparedness Program

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

There will be no training or intervention.