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Developing and evaluating a simulation scenario to teach nursing students how to communicate difficult news about childhood cancer

Development and Content Validity Evidence of a Clinical Simulation Scenario for Teaching the Communication of Bad News in Pediatric Oncology

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-8fvcbx5
Enrollment
66
Registered
2026-07-24
Start date
2025-08-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Precursor cell lymphoblastic leukemia lymphoma

Interventions

This is a study with a quase-experimental outline with a control group not equivalent to students of the 6th year or 10th semester of the Bachelor of Nursing course. Experimental group with 35 student
s oncology. Control group with 35 students from 6th grade or 10th grade randomly selected by lottery who will participate only in the theoretical classroom. The duration of the study was two days, bei

Sponsors

Fundação universidade estadual do ceará funece
Lead Sponsor
Fundação universidade estadual do ceará funece
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age equal to or greater than 18 years; started the curricular practices of the course in healthcare practice environments

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Do not conclude all stages of the investigation; Possess prior experience in clinical simulation related to communicating difficult news in childhood oncology; Possess previous or current professional experience related to communicating difficult news in childhood oncology

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To evaluate the change in the knowledge of two sick students about the communication of difficult news in childhood oncology by comparing two scores obtained before and after the intervention, using a validated instrument applied in the pre-intervention and post-intervention period

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
There is no secondary failure

Countries

BR

Contacts

Public ContactAnne Lívia Mota

Universidade Estadual do Ceará

aliviacante@gmail.com+55(85)99676-8047

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026