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NCT Number: NCT07142460

The Effect of Digital Stories on Nursing Students' Medical Error and Safe Drug Administration

Aim This study aimed to determine the effect of digital stories on nursing students' medical error tendencies and safe parenteral drug administration self-efficacy.

Method The study was conducted between May-July 2024 with 64 students (Intervention: 31, Control: 33) studying at the Faculty of Nursing of a university in eastern Turkey and taking the first year nursing principles course. The data were obtained by using 'Personal Information Form', 'Medical Error Tendency Scale, Drug and Transfusion Practices Subscale' and 'Safe Parenteral Drug Administration Self-Efficacy Scale'. During the research process, the students in the experimental group were shared the digital stories prepared for drug applications from the WhatsApp group and were asked to watch them for two weeks.During 2 weeks, the researchers met with the students twice in the classroom environment and received feedback on the digital stories. Students in the control group continued the routine theoretical and practical process.

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Key information

Conditions

Nursing Students

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Inonu University

Malatya, 44280, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

Digital stories provide personalised learning opportunities that enable students to observe educational environments and events, access them anytime and anywhere, and acquire self-directed learning skills. This method is increasingly being used in education because it offers personalised learning opportunities and enhances teacher-student interaction. In this study, the effects of watching and analysing digital stories prepared for drug administration on nursing students' medical error tendencies and the development of their self-efficacy levels in parenteral drug administration were evaluated.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Being 18 or over
  • To be enrolled in the first year of nursing,
  • To received training on drug administration for the first time,
  • To have no physical disabilities related to vision, hearing and motor skills,
  • To have a smart mobile phone with Android/IOS operating system,
  • To volunteer to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

  • To repeated the first grade
  • Not volunteering to participate in the research.

Treatment and study plan

Intervention

Behavioral

The students in the experimental group were shared the digital stories prepared for drug applications from the WhatsApp group and were asked to watch them for two weeks. Students were able to watch the stories on their mobile phones at the time and frequency they wanted. During 2 weeks, the researchers met with the students twice in the classroom environment and received feedback on the digital stories. Feedbacks about the real meaning of the stories and their contribution to education were obtained by using discussion and question-answer methods. Each student explained their opinions about the stories and had the opportunity to think deeply about them by receiving feedback from their classmates.

Primary outcomes

  1. Efeect of Medical Error Tendency

    Time frame: 2 week

    For the pre-test data, 'Individual Introduction Form' and 'Medical Error Tendency Scale' were given to the students and they were asked to fill them in.

    At the end of 2 weeks, the 'Medical Error Tendency Scale' was applied again at the end of the 2nd week to see the change in the medical error tendency levels of the students who were trained with digital stories teaching method for 2 weeks. Medical Error Tendency Scale: It was developed by Özata and Altunkan to measure the medical error tendencies of nurses. The scale consists of 49 items and 5 different sub-dimensions, and the sub-dimension used in this study, the sub-dimension of medication and transfusion practices, consists of 18 items. The higher the mean score of the scale, the lower the tendency of nurses to make medical errors.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Effect of Safe Parenteral Drug Administration Self-Efficacy

    Time frame: 2 weeks

    Safe Parenteral Drug Administration Self-Efficacy Scale: The scale developed to determine the self-efficacy of nurses regarding parenteral drug administration consists of 76 items and one dimension. The scale is a 5-point Likert-type scale and 1: Completely disagree, 2: Disagree, 3: Undecided, 4: Agree, 5: Strongly agree. A minimum score of 76 and a maximum score of 380 can be obtained from the scale. The higher the score obtained from the scale, the higher the self-efficacy of nurses regarding safe parenteral drug administration.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Inonu University

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Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Digital Stories on Nursing Students' Medical Error Tendencies and Safe Parenteral Drug Administration Self-Efficacy

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2025
First posted
Aug 26, 2025
Registry last updated
Aug 26, 2025

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