The Effect of Simulation and Out-of-Class Educational Activities on Sustainability Among Nursing Students

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• Conditions: Sustainability; Randomized Controlled Trial; Public Health Nursing

• Registration Number: NCT06970197
• Lead Sponsor: Selcuk University

Brief Summary

This research will be conducted to evaluate the effects of simulation and out-of-class education activities intervention given to students using the Ecological Planet Health Model on environmental literacy, sustainability knowledge, sustainability attitudes in nursing and sustainable consumption behaviors of nursing students. The research will be conducted at Selçuk University Faculty of Nursing and Selçuk University Selçuk Pharmacy Simulation Unit located in Konya province. The study group consists of second-year students (n=204) studying and attending courses at Selçuk University Faculty of Nursing in the Spring Semester of 2024-2025 Academic Year. The sample size was determined as a total of 72 students.

Detailed Description

There are two intervention groups in this study (Intervention 1: Simulation Group, Intervention 2: Out-of-Class Education Activities Group). The intervention groups were jointly provided with climate change and sustainability theoretical training in the same classroom for seven weeks. A follow-up test was conducted in the eighth week, and then, according to the randomized assignment determined at the beginning of the study, the intervention 1 group (24 students) will participate in simulation practices for three weeks, while the intervention 2 group (24 students) will participate in out-of-class education activities for three weeks.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2025-02
• Study Start: 2025-02-10
• Study First Submitted: 2025-04-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-05-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-05-13
• Study First Posted: 2025-05-14
• Last Update Posted: 2025-05-14
• Primary Completion: 2025-06-01
• Study Completion: 2026-06-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 72

Inclusion Criteria

• Being a second year undergraduate nursing student

Exclusion Criteria

• Working in any health institution or organization,
• Being a member of any environmental institution or organization,
• Being a foreign student

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sustainability awareness scale knowledge dimension	10 weeks
Sustainability attitudes in nursing survey	10 weeks
Sustainable consumption behavior scale	10 weeks
Environmental literacy scale	10 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Selcuk University; 🇹🇷 Konya, Selçuklu, Turkey