The Effect of Cooperative Learning Based Simulation Practice on Nursing Students' Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes Towards Sustainability in Care

Introduction: Human health should be considered together with the living and non-living environment in which it interacts in the ecosystem. Nurses, who are an individual interacting with their environment, a professional member of the nursing profession providing uninterrupted care to people, and a part of society, are in a very important position in terms of reshaping the interaction of people with environment. At the same time, the nursing ethics codes updated by ICN in 2021 reveal the responsibilities of nurses in the protection and development of global health as a necessity.

However, in order to be able to fulfill their roles and responsibilities, they must first be aware of the necessity of being sustainable in the interaction beings with their environment and understand the impact of their care practices on environmental sustainability. For this, they should be supported to gain cognitive and affective competence on issues such as holistic health understanding, sustainability, the relationship between sustainability and nursing care during nursing education.

Aim:The planned study aims to evaluate the effect of simulation practice based on cooperative learning on developing knowledge, skills and attitudes in nursing students about sustainability in nursing care.

Theoretical framework: In line with the purpose determined within the scope of the study, the simulation practice will be structured in line with the cooperative learning process. Cooperative learning, which is based on the Social Constructivism Theory, founded by John Dewey and Vygotsky, attaches importance to social and individual differences in learning and sees learning as a product of the social interaction process.

Method: The universe of the study, which was planned as a randomized controlled study in an experimental design, will consist of 212 nursing students studying at the 3rd grade level at Düzce University, Department of Nursing in the Fall Semester of the 2022-2023 Academic Year. The number of students to be included in the study sample was calculated as 64 students based on power analysis, and 70 students will form the study sample, taking into account the losses that may occur during the study. Simple random sampling method will be used to determine the students to be included in the study.