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CompletedNCT05643300Updated Jan 26, 2023

21st Century Skills of Nursing Students

An observational study in Students and Nurse's Role, sponsored by Abant Izzet Baysal University. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-01-26.

Sponsored by Abant Izzet Baysal University · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Other
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
301
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

It was aimed to investigate the effect of Twenty first century (21st) century skills on the clinical decision making of nursing students. Within the scope of the cross sectional study, answers to the following research questions will be sought:

  • What are the 21st century skill levels of nursing students?
  • Are nursing students' 21st century skills affected by their sociodemographic characteristics?
  • What are the clinical decision-making levels of nursing students?
  • Are the clinical decision-making levels of nursing students affected by their sociodemographic characteristics?
  • Do nursing students' 21st century skills affect their decision-making levels?
Read the detailed description

In this cross-sectional study, it is planned to investigate the effects of 21st century skills on clinical decision making of nursing students. Junior and senior students of a nursing undergraduate program in Turkey will be recruited. The universe of the research consists of junior (167 people) and senior (210 people) nursing students of a nursing undergraduate program in a university in Turkey in the 2022-2023 academic year. Sample selection will not be made and those who volunteer to participate will be included. According to the university's nursing program curriculum, first and second year students were excluded from the study because they did not have clinical practice experience. Data will be collected using an Information Form containing sociodemographic data, Multidimensional 21st Century Skills Scale and Nursing Decision Making Instrument. Data collection forms will be collected on the online platform in line with the link created through Google forms. The link address will be shared via students' smartphones. After explaining to the students that the purpose of the study before the application, the participation is on a voluntary basis and the confidentiality of the information obtained will be ensured, they will be asked to fill in the online questionnaire by entering the address in the link. Data collection time is planned to take approximately 10-15 minutes. The dependent variable of the study was clinical decision making; independent variables are 21st century skills and sociodemographic characteristics. In this direction, data analysis will be based on the comparison of dependent and independent variables. If the data is continuous, it will be displayed as percentile, mean, standard deviation; comparison will be made by correlation analysis. Discrete data will be compared with dependent variable according to data level by t test or analysis of variance. The effect of 21st century skills and sociodemographic characteristics of nursing students on clinical decision making will be tested with multivariate regression analysis enter method. For categorical variables, a dummy model will be created and converted into continuous data. Statistical significance value will be accepted as p\<0.05.

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Conditions studied

  • Students
  • Nurse's Role

Keywords

  • Students, Nursing
  • Clinical Decision-Making
  • 21st-century skills
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In context

Lead sponsor

Abant Izzet Baysal University is the lead sponsor of 242 studies on the registry; 64 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

The study population consists of junior and senior of the undergraduate nursing program. Students in lower grades do not have any clinical experience due to the curriculum of the program. Therefore, clinical decision-making is best measured by recruiting junior and senior students.

Inclusion criteria

  • Nursing undergraduate program junior and senior students
  • Volunteering to participate

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Nursing undergraduate program 1st and 2nd year students
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Study design

Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
301 participants (actual)
Target follow-up
1 Day
Patient registry
Yes

Interventions

  • OtherSurvey

    Data collection from participants via questionnaire

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. 21st century skills (questionnaire)

    It will be measured by the Multidimensional 21st Century Skills Scale. It is a 5-point Likert-type scale (ranging from 1-Strongly Disagree to 5-Strongly Agree) consisting of 41 items and five sub-dimensions: Knowledge and technology literacy skills, critical thinking and problem solving skills, entrepreneurship and innovation skills, social responsibility and leadership skills, career consciousness. Scores range from 41 to 205, and the higher the scores, the higher the 21st century skill levels.The Cronbach's Alpha coefficient of the Turkish scale is 0.86 and the coefficient of each sub-dimension is over 0.70.

    Time frame: Baseline

  2. Clinical decision making (questionnaire)

    It will be measured by the Nursing Decision Making Instrument. The Turkish scale has 24 items and one dimension. Five-point Likert type is evaluated as "never or almost never-1 to almost always-5". Even numbered items reflect intuitive decision making, odd numbered items reflect analytical decision making.The scores that can be obtained from the scale vary between 24-120. A score over 67 is considered analytical, a score between 68-78 is considered semi-rational, and a score over 78 is considered intuitive decision making. As the scores obtained from the scale decrease, it is concluded that the participants make more analytical decisions, and as the scores increase, they make more intuitive decisions. The Cronbach's Alpha coefficient of the Turkish scale is 0.97.

    Time frame: Baseline

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Study locations

1 site
  • Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Faculty of Health Sciences
    Bolu, 14280, Turkey
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 26, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05643300
Lead sponsor
Abant Izzet Baysal University
Responsible party
Seyma Demir (Research Assistant Doctor (PhD), Abant Izzet Baysal University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Dec 8, 2022
Start date
Dec 15, 2022
Primary completion
Jan 15, 2023
Completion
Jan 16, 2023
Last update
Jan 26, 2023

Study contacts

Şeyma Demir Erbaş, PhD
principal investigator · Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, Faculty of Health Sciences

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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