Nursing Narratives, Reflective Practice and Professional Development (NarratUN)

Completed

• Conditions: Narrative Medicine

• Registration Number: NCT03791411
• Lead Sponsor: Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra

Brief Summary

Background: In addition to foster reflective practice, clinical narratives may be used as a means to improve nurses' critical thinking and their acquisition of clinical competencies. However, few studies have studied their potential value to promote nursing professional development and there is no evidence that shows their value as a tool to improve nurses' competencies to provide a person-centred nursing care.

Purpose: To evaluate the preliminary efficacy of narratives for the development of three nursing professional competences -respect, intentional presence and knowing the person- paramount to provide person-centred care.

Method: A pilot quasi-experimental study. A total of 34 nurses enrolled in a global training course of a nursing specialization were recruited in September 2016. All the nurses received a multi-component intervention based on the Critical Reflexive Inquiry Model. The strategies of this program consisted in the writing of 3 narratives; 3 masterclass of 3, 2 and 3 hours respectively; a discussion group; and a face-to-face interview. The NarratUN Evaluation tool was used to assess outcomes. The primary outcome was the difference in the mean of respect, intentional presence and knowing the person pre and post intervention. Changes within nurses were analyzed using Wilcoxon signed Rank test.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-10-01
• Primary Completion: 2017-06-30
• Study Completion: 2017-06-30
• Status Verified: 2018-04
• Study First Submitted: 2018-12-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-12-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-12-28
• Study First Posted: 2019-01-02
• Last Update Posted: 2019-01-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 69

Inclusion Criteria

• Being in a specialized training programme

Exclusion Criteria

• Not being in a specialized training programme

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Respect. Measurement tool: NarratUN Evaluation Tool (NET)	9 month	The difference in the mean of respect value (pre-post)
Intentional presence. Measurement tool: NarratUN Evaluation Tool (NET)	9 month	The difference in the mean of intentional presence value (pre-post)
Knowing the person. Measurement tool: NarratUN Evaluation Tool (NET)	9 month	The difference in the mean of knowing the person value (pre-post)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knowing the person. Measurement tool: NarratUN Evaluation Tool (NET)	2 month follow-up	The difference in the mean of knowing the person value along different times of the study
Handling the narrative. Measurement tool: NarratUN Evaluation Tool (NET)	2 month follow-up	The difference in the mean of Handling the narrative value along different times of the study
Respect. Measurement tool: NarratUN Evaluation Tool (NET)	2 month follow-up	The difference in the mean of respect value along different times of the study
Intentional presence. Measurement tool: NarratUN Evaluation Tool (NET)	2 month follow-up	The difference in the mean of intentional presence value along different times of the study

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ana Choperena Armendáriz; 🇪🇸 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain