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NCT Number: NCT06519643

Building Your Successful Nursing Career

This study aims to evaluate a career planning mobile App specifically tailored for male nurses.This three-year experimental project aims to recruit 120 male nurses (60)in the experimental group and 60 in the control group). Employing a prospective double-blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) design, the study will include six follow-up points (pre-intervention, post-intervention at 0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months) to examine the effectiveness of career self-efficacy, career adaptive behaviors, occupational resilience, career success, and career continuity intentions of male nurses over time. The repeated measures data will be analyzed with the intention-to-treat analysis method and General Estimating Equations (GEE). This research represents an innovative development of the world's first theoretically grounded career planning mobile App for male nurses.The study's results can serve as a valuable reference for future career planning initiatives in nursing practice and education.

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About this study

This study is a longitudinal study that adopts a double-blind randomized controlled trial (RCT). The study will recruit 120 male nurses and allocate them into the intervention group and the control group in a 1:1 ratio (60 in each group). Based on Super's (1957) career development theory and the four-stage career classification, the participating male nurses will be divided into the exploration stage (experience ≤ 2 years), establishment stage (experience 2-5 years), and maintenance stage (experience 5-15 years), with career stage as a confounding factor. The study uses 1:1:1 stratified randomization to ensure that the number of cases in the experimental group (n=60, exploration stage: establishment stage: maintenance stage = 20:20:20) and the control group (n=60) is the same, as well as the homogeneity of the career stage variables of the two groups. All included subjects will undergo an online pre-test (T0) before allocation, and then enter the experimental group or the control group according to the random assignment results. Both groups will be invited to use the "Building Your Successful Nursing Career" App for six months, with the experimental group receiving the full career planning mobile application intervention and two online Career Mentoring Programs, while the control group receives a sham treatment. Both groups will undergo five follow-up online data collections (0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 month post-intervention). The effectiveness of the career planning mobile application intervention on male nurses' career self-efficacy, career adaptive behaviors, occupational resilience, career success, and career continuity intentions will be examined using the intention-to-treat analysis method and General Estimating Equations (GEE).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Male nursing staff currently engaged in clinical nursing work.
  • Care Within 15 years of working experience.
  • Have a mobile phone with Internet access.
  • Have clear consciousness and can understand and answer the researcher's questions.
  • Audible and understandable Or understand Chinese.
  • Willing to participate in this study and sign the subject consent form.

Exclusion criteria

  • Unwilling to participate in this study.
  • Those who cannot download the App.

Treatment and study plan

career planning application

Behavioral

Arm 1 [Experimental group]: The experimental group will be assigned to participate in a career planning application named "Building Your Successful Nursing Career" App for six months. They will receive the full career planning mobile application intervention along with two online career mentoring sessions.

Arm 2 [Control group]: The control group will also be assigned to participate in a career planning application named "Building Your Successful Nursing Career" App for six months. However, the control group will only receive a sham treatment. They will only access a few interfaces of the app.

Primary outcomes

  1. career self-efficacy

    Time frame: before intervention and 0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months post-intervention

    career self-efficacy will be collected by online structure questionnaire

  2. career adaptive behaviors

    Time frame: before intervention and 0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months post-intervention

    career adaptive behavior will be collected by online structure questionnaire

  3. occupational resilience

    Time frame: before intervention and 0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months post-intervention

    occupational resilience will be collected by online structure questionnaire

  4. career success

    Time frame: before intervention and 0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months post-intervention

    career success will be collected by online structure questionnaire

  5. career continuity intentions

    Time frame: before intervention and 0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months post-intervention

    career continuity intentions will be collected by online structure questionnaire

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Yu Hsing-Yi, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

886-3-2118800 ext. 5064

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Other

Collaborators

  • Chang Gung University

Registry information

Official study title

Building Your Successful Nursing Career: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Career Planning Mobile Application for Male Nurses - a Randomized Double-blind Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Jul 25, 2024
Registry last updated
Jul 25, 2024

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