The Effect of Virtual Simulation Games on Nursing Students' Knowledge, Skills, Confidence and Satisfaction in CVC Care
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Virtual Simulation Game-Based Education, Standard Nursing Education.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Nurse Education. Basic parameters: No limits · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Next step
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Official title
Effect of Virtual Simulation Games on Nursing Students' Knowledge, Skills, Confidence and Satisfaction in CVC Care
Overview
This study aims to evaluate the effect of virtual simulation games on developing nursing students' knowledge, skills, confidence, and satisfaction levels regarding central venous catheter care and management. Nursing students will be included in the study, and participants will take part in a virtual simulation game-based training programme. Students' knowledge levels, clinical skills, confidence, and satisfaction with the training will be assessed before and after the training using valid measurement tools. The results obtained aim to reveal whether virtual simulation games are an effective and safe teaching method in nursing education. The results of this study are expected to contribute to the development of innovative teaching methods in nursing education.
Detailed description
This study is a planned randomised controlled trial designed to evaluate the effect of virtual simulation game-based training on developing knowledge, clinical skills, confidence, and satisfaction levels regarding central venous catheter (CVC) care and management among nursing students. The study will be conducted with students enrolled in the university's nursing programme.
Participants will be included in a structured training programme using a virtual simulation game. The training content includes evidence-based practices in central venous catheter care, infection prevention approaches, and safe care steps. The virtual simulation game is designed to allow students to experience clinical decision-making, application sequence, and error awareness in a safe learning environment.
The data collection process in the study will be carried out in two stages: pre-training and post-training. Students' knowledge levels, clinical skills, self-confidence, and satisfaction with the training will be assessed using valid and reliable measurement tools. All assessments will be conducted to determine the effect of the intervention on learning outcomes.
It is anticipated that the findings from this study will provide evidence for the use of virtual simulation games as an effective teaching method in nursing education and contribute to enhancing student competence in central venous catheter care.
Interventions
- Other Virtual Simulation Game-Based Education
A structured virtual simulation game designed to teach evidence-based central venous catheter care management to nursing students, including interactive scenarios, clinical decision-making tasks, and immediate feedback. - Other Standard Nursing Education
Classroom-based theoretical training on central venous catheter care management, routinely provided in the nursing curriculum.
Primary outcome measures
- Central Venous Catheter Care Management Knowledge Level [Time frame: Before training (at the outset) and immediately after training is completed]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Clinical Skill Level for Central Venous Catheter Care [Time frame: Immediately after the training is completed]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Students enrolled in the Fundamentals of Nursing course
- Must volunteer to participate in the research.
Exclusion criteria
- Having graduated from high school, college or university in a health-related field,
- Having taken the fundamentals of nursing course
- Having difficulty understanding and speaking Turkish.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
Turkey (Türkiye) · 1 center
- Ankara University Kızılcahamam Vocational School of Health Services, Kızılcahamam/ANKARA — Ankara
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07378384 · IKCU-NURSING-VIRTUALSIM-CVC-20