NCT06675669

Effect of Reflective Thinking Method on Ethical Decision Making, Professional Values and Compassion Level

The Effect of Reflective Thinking Method Used in Ethics Teaching on Ethical Decision Making, Professional Values and Compassion Level in Nursing Students

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 84 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Necmettin Erbakan University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This randomized controlled study aimed to determine the effect of the reflective thinking method used in ethics education on ethical decision making, professional values, and compassion levels in nursing students.The hypotheses of the study are as follows: H1.1. There is a difference in ethical decision-making average scores between students who were applied the reflection method in ethics education and students in the control group. H1.2. There is a difference in professional values average scores between students who were applied the reflection method in ethics education and students in the control group. H1.3. There is a difference in compassion average scores between students who were applied the reflection method in ethics education and students in the control group.

Detailed description

The research will be conducted as a pre-test-post-test, parallel group randomized controlled experimental design. The sample of the research to be conducted at Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Nursing consists of 84 students. Students who meet the inclusion criteria will be assigned to the intervention and control groups by the block randomization method. The intervention group will be given ethics training with the reflective thinking method, while the control group will be given standard ethics training. The research data will be collected between November 22, 2024 and March 31, 2025 using the Student Information Form, Nursing Ethical Dilemma Test, Professional Values Scale and Compassion Scale.

Conditions

• Ethical Decision Making
• Professional Values
• Compassion

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Reflective thinking method	It will be applied to students in the initiative group for 1 hour per week for 7 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-11-22
• Primary completion: 2024-11-22
• Completion: 2025-03-31
• First posted: 2024-11-05
• Last updated: 2024-11-05