Pediatric Nursing Students' Self-efficacy Regarding Pediatric Medication Administration and, Clinical Comfort and Worry: A Study on a Two-group Pre-post-test Design Comparing Nurse and Peer Mentoring

Children are a particularly vulnerable population to medication mistakes, and it is critical to improve the self-efficacy, clinical comfort, and worry levels of student nurses who will care with them. As a result, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of postgraduate nursing students' and clinical nurses' mentoring practice on pediatric nursing students' self-efficacy in pediatric medication administration, clinical comfort, and worry levels. The nurse mentoring group finished the study with 70 students, while the peer mentoring group (postgraduate nursing students) completed the study with 73 students, for a total of 143 students. For data collection, the "Participant Information Form," the "Medication Administration Self-Efficacy Scale in Children for Nursing Students," and the "Pediatric Nursing Students Clinical Comfort and Worry Tool" were utilized. The data is still being analyzed.

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Key information

Conditions

Medication Administration Comfort Mentoring

Age range

18 year–35 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Karabuk training and research hospital

Karabük, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

Third-year student at Department of Nursing
Taking a Child Health and Disease Nursing course
Successful completion of the Pharmacology course in the first year (2nd semester)
Participating in research as a volunteer

Exclusion criteria

Failure in the pharmacology course

Treatment and study plan

Peer mentoring

Other

Mentoring is a support network in which a more talented or experienced individual serves as a role model for a less talented individual in order to encourage professional and personal growth. Mentoring improves students' learning, abilities, and self-efficacy while decreasing stress and anxiety in nursing students through more effective communication, collaborative learning, and critical thinking.

After understanding about the study, two master's degree students from Karabük University Institute of Graduate Studies of Child Health and Diseases Nursing consented to participate on a volunteer basis and became peer mentors in the study. All postgraduate students are pediatric nurses with at least two years of clinical experience who have completed their undergraduate nursing program.

Nurse mentoring

Other

After providing information about the research to bachelor's degree nurses who have worked in the Children's Units of Karabuk Training and Research Hospital for at least two years, two mentors for the nurse mentoring group were chosen on a volunteer basis. Mentors were taught on the concept of mentoring, the roles of the mentor, interpersonal relationships, and communication skills prior to the study.

Primary outcomes

Change from medication administration self-efficacy scale in children for nursing students mean score at one semester (14 weeks).

Time frame: Medication Administration Self-Efficacy Scale in Children for Nursing Students was used before the mentoring practice and when the mentoring practice ended (14 weeks later).

This scale assesses nursing students' self-efficacy in medication preparation and administration for pediatric patients. The scale yields a lowest score of 16 and a top score of 80. The higher the score, the greater the students' sense of self-efficacy in pediatric medication administration.
Change from pediatric nursing students' clinical comfort and worry tool mean score at one semester (14 weeks).

Time frame: Pediatric Nursing Students Clinical Comfort and Worry Tool was used before the mentoring practice and when the mentoring practice ended (14 weeks later).

This scale is used to assess nursing students' feelings of worry and comfort while working in pediatric clinics. The clinical comfort sub-dimension receives the lowest 6 and greatest 24 scores. The worry sub-dimension receives the lowest 5 and maximum 20 scores. Greater degrees of comfort and worry are indicated by higher scores on the comfort and worry parameters.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Karabuk University

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2022
Primary completion: 2022
Study completion: 2023
First posted: Mar 16, 2023
Registry last updated: Mar 16, 2023

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