The use of technology to improve clinical practice in nursing education

Technology-supported guidance to increase flexibility, quality and efficiency in the clinical practicum of nursing education

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN86628074

Enrollment

100

Registered

2021-02-25

Start date

2021-01-26

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-03-08

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Conditions

Ensuring the quality of clinical practice in nursing education Not Applicable

Interventions

This is a single-center interventional two-armed (intervention and control group) individually randomized controlled trial. Intervention group: The intervention is del

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. First-year undergraduate nursing students at Lovisenberg Diaconal University College (LDUC) 2. Nursing students who are to enter their first clinical practice period 3. Willing to electronically fill in Norwegian questionnaires 4. Willing to give signed informed consent 5. Willing to attend the preparatory course on the use of Technology Optimised Practice Process in Nursing (TOPP-N) application

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Second- and third-year undergraduate nursing students at Lovisenberg Diaconal University (LDUC) 2. Undergraduate nursing students at other educational institutions than LDUC 3. Postgraduate nursing students at LDUC

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Critical thinking measured by the Health Sciences Reasoning Test (HSRT) at pre-test, post-test and 3- and 9-month follow-up	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Self-efficacy measured by the Self-Efficacy in Clinical Performance Scale (SECP) at pre-test, post-test (after 6 weeks of clinical practice) and 3- and 9-month follow-up 2. Perception of clinical environment and supervision measured by the Clinical Learning Environment, Supervision and Nurse Teacher Scale (CLES+T) at post-test (after 6 weeks of clinical practice) 3. Acceptance of technology measured by the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) at pre-test and post-test (after 6 weeks of clinical practice) 4. The Self-Regulation and Metacognition in Clinical Practice (SMCP) test at 1 week after the start of the intervention and at post-test (after 6 weeks of clinical practice)	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Self-efficacy measured by the Self-Efficacy in Clinical Performance Scale (SECP) at pre-test, post-test (after 6 weeks of clinical practice) and 3- and 9-month follow-up 2. Perception of clinical environment and supervision measured by the Clinical Learning Environment, Supervision and Nurse Teacher Scale (CLES+T) at post-test (after 6 weeks of clinical practice) 3. Acceptance of technology measured by the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) at pre-test and post-test (after 6 weeks of clinical practice) 4. The Self-Regulation and Metacognition in Clinical Practice (SMCP) test at 1 week after the start of the intervention and at post-test (after 6 weeks of clinical practice)

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Countries

Norway

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026