Motivational Interviewing and Nursing Students' Clinical Practice Outcomes

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Overview

Motivational interviewing is a collaborative and person-centered counseling approach aimed at enhancing individuals' intrinsic motivation. Nursing students often experience stress, anxiety, and low self-efficacy during clinical practice. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of motivational interviewing on nursing students' attitudes toward clinical practice, anxiety levels, and perceptions of self-efficacy. The study will be conducted using a randomized controlled design, and the potential of motivational interviewing as an effective psychological intervention in nursing education will be evaluated.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Anxiety Self-Efficacy Attitude

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Being a first-year student in the Nursing Program * Enrolled in the Fall semester of the 2025-2026 academic year * Voluntarily agreeing to participate in the Motivational Interviewing programAble to attend face-to-face data collection sessions Exclusion Criteria: * Students with prior experience in Motivational Interviewing * Students unable to attend skills laboratory training * Students with prior clinical practice experience that could bias study outcomes * Students who do not consent to participate in the study

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Self-Efficacy in Clinical Performance Scale

Originally developed by Cheraghi et al. (2009), this scale consists of 37 items divided into four sub-dimensions: data collection (items 1-12), diagnosis and planning (items 13-21), implementation (items 22-31), and evaluation (items 32-37). Each item is scored from 0% ("not confident at all") to 100% ("completely confident"). The scale measures nursing students' self-efficacy in clinical performance.

Time frame: Baseline (pre-test) and 4 weeks after intervention (post-test)

Attitude Toward Clinical Practice Scale for Nursing Students

Developed by Akdeniz Uysal and Yeliş Bayülgen (2022), this scale measures nursing students' attitudes toward clinical practice. It consists of items scored on a 5-point Likert scale: 1 = "Strongly Disagree", 2 = "Disagree", 3 = "Undecided", 4 = "Agree", 5 = "Strongly Agree".

Time frame: Baseline (pre-test) and 4 weeks post-intervention

Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)

Developed by Spielberger, Gorsuch, and Lushene (1970), the STAI consists of two 20-item subscales measuring state anxiety and trait anxiety. The Turkish adaptation has been validated and shown to be reliable for assessing anxiety levels in nursing students.