Effectiveness of Concept Map-Based Reflective Learning for Teaching Peripheral Intravenous Catheterization to First-Year Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Ataturk University
- Enrollment
- 66
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Knowledge Score on Peripheral Venous Catheterization
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Background: Traditional teaching methods in nursing education may not effectively integrate theory and practice. Concept map-based reflective learning may support meaningful learning and critical thinking.
Methods: This randomized controlled pretest-posttest study was conducted between May and July 2024 with 66 first-year nursing students (experimental = 33; control = 33). Both groups received standard instruction, while the experimental group additionally participated in concept map-based reflective learning. Data were collected using a demographic form and knowledge tests administered before and after the intervention.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Being over 18 years old
- •Being a first-year student
- •Taking the Nursing Principles course for the first time
- •Not being absent on the dates when the research data will be collected
Exclusion Criteria
- •Horizontal/vertical transfer students
- •Students graduating from Health Vocational High School
- •Intervention group students who did not carry out reflective practice based on the concept map
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Knowledge Score on Peripheral Venous Catheterization
Time Frame: 1 week after intervention
Peripheral Venous Catheter Achievement Test 1 and Peripheral Venous Catheter Achievement Test 2: These researcher-developed achievement tests were created based on the content of Fundamentals of Nursing textbooks (Berman et al., 2015; Potter et al., 2021) to assess nursing students' knowledge of peripheral venous catheterization. Each test consisted of 25 multiple-choice questions. Each correct response was scored as 4 points and each incorrect response as 0 points, resulting in a total score ranging from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating greater knowledge of peripheral venous catheterization. Achievement Test 1 was used as the pre-test, and Achievement Test 2 was used as the post-test.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Bahar Ciftci
Associate Professor
Ataturk University