Nursing Narratives, Reflective Practice and Professional Development (NarratUN)

Narrative Medicine Clinical Trial

— NarratUN  

Official title:

Narratives and Reflective Practice: A Programme for the Development of Professional Competences in Nursing

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03791411
• Other study ID #: NPR
• Status: Completed
• Start date: October 1, 2016
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: April 2018
• Source: Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 69
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: June 30, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being in a specialized training programme

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not being in a specialized training programme

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Narrative Medicine

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Ana Choperena Armendáriz	Pamplona	Navarra

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Respect. Measurement tool: NarratUN Evaluation Tool (NET)	The difference in the mean of respect value (pre-post)	9 month
Primary	Intentional presence. Measurement tool: NarratUN Evaluation Tool (NET)	The difference in the mean of intentional presence value (pre-post)	9 month
Primary	Knowing the person. Measurement tool: NarratUN Evaluation Tool (NET)	The difference in the mean of knowing the person value (pre-post)	9 month
Secondary	Handling the narrative. Measurement tool: NarratUN Evaluation Tool (NET)	The difference in the mean of Handling the narrative value (pre-post)	9 month
Secondary	Respect. Measurement tool: NarratUN Evaluation Tool (NET)	The difference in the mean of respect value along different times of the study	2 month follow-up
Secondary	Intentional presence. Measurement tool: NarratUN Evaluation Tool (NET)	The difference in the mean of intentional presence value along different times of the study	2 month follow-up
Secondary	Knowing the person. Measurement tool: NarratUN Evaluation Tool (NET)	The difference in the mean of knowing the person value along different times of the study	2 month follow-up
Secondary	Handling the narrative. Measurement tool: NarratUN Evaluation Tool (NET)	The difference in the mean of Handling the narrative value along different times of the study	2 month follow-up