Strengthening Numerical Skills and Medication Calculation Abilities of Nursing Students

Lokman Hekim University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Student; Nursing

Treatments: Other: Peer-supported medication calculation training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07271095

2024146

Details and patient eligibility

About

This experimental study aims to evaluate the effect of peer-assisted education on nursing students' numerical and drug calculation skills. A randomized controlled pretest-posttest design will be conducted with 55 first-year nursing students (27 in the experimental group and 28 in the control group). The experimental group will participate in a three-week peer education program focusing on numerical problem-solving and medication dosage calculations, led by trained mentor students.

Enrollment: 55 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Students who were registered for the Fundamentals of Nursing course for the first time
• Students who agreed to participate in the research voluntarily

Exclusion criteria

• Students who graduated from a Health Vocational High School
• Students who had previous training in the health field
• Students who had previously taken a Fundamentals of Nursing course
• Students diagnosed with a psychiatric illness
• Students who were regularly taking psychiatric medications
• Students who did not attend the theoretical sessions of the course

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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55 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Peer-supported medication calculation training program

Treatment:

Other: Peer-supported medication calculation training

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants who received traditional lecture-based instruction