Building Your Successful Nursing Career

July 19, 2024 updated by: Hsing-Yi Yu, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Building Your Successful Nursing Career: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Career Planning Mobile Application for Male Nurses - a Randomized Double-blind Controlled Trial

This study aims to evaluate a career planning mobile App specifically tailored for male nurses.This three-year experimental project aims to recruit 120 male nurses (60）in the experimental group and 60 in the control group). Employing a prospective double-blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) design, the study will include six follow-up points (pre-intervention, post-intervention at 0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months) to examine the effectiveness of career self-efficacy, career adaptive behaviors, occupational resilience, career success, and career continuity intentions of male nurses over time. The repeated measures data will be analyzed with the intention-to-treat analysis method and General Estimating Equations (GEE). This research represents an innovative development of the world's first theoretically grounded career planning mobile App for male nurses.The study's results can serve as a valuable reference for future career planning initiatives in nursing practice and education.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This study is a longitudinal study that adopts a double-blind randomized controlled trial (RCT). The study will recruit 120 male nurses and allocate them into the intervention group and the control group in a 1:1 ratio (60 in each group). Based on Super's (1957) career development theory and the four-stage career classification, the participating male nurses will be divided into the exploration stage (experience ≤ 2 years), establishment stage (experience 2-5 years), and maintenance stage (experience 5-15 years), with career stage as a confounding factor. The study uses 1:1:1 stratified randomization to ensure that the number of cases in the experimental group (n=60, exploration stage: establishment stage: maintenance stage = 20:20:20) and the control group (n=60) is the same, as well as the homogeneity of the career stage variables of the two groups. All included subjects will undergo an online pre-test (T0) before allocation, and then enter the experimental group or the control group according to the random assignment results. Both groups will be invited to use the "Building Your Successful Nursing Career" App for six months, with the experimental group receiving the full career planning mobile application intervention and two online Career Mentoring Programs, while the control group receives a sham treatment. Both groups will undergo five follow-up online data collections (0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 month post-intervention). The effectiveness of the career planning mobile application intervention on male nurses' career self-efficacy, career adaptive behaviors, occupational resilience, career success, and career continuity intentions will be examined using the intention-to-treat analysis method and General Estimating Equations (GEE).

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

120

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

  • Name: Yu Hsing-Yi, PhD
  • Phone Number: 5064 886-3-2118800
  • Email: kanano@gmail.com

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Male nursing staff currently engaged in clinical nursing work.
  2. Care Within 15 years of working experience.
  3. Have a mobile phone with Internet access.
  4. Have clear consciousness and can understand and answer the researcher's questions.
  5. Audible and understandable Or understand Chinese.
  6. Willing to participate in this study and sign the subject consent form.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Unwilling to participate in this study.
  2. Those who cannot download the App.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: the effectiveness of a career planning mobile application for male nurses
This study aims to evaluate a career planning mobile app specifically tailored for male nurses. The investigators will compare the pre- and post-test differences between the experimental group and the control group. The experimental group will receive the full career planning mobile application intervention, while the control group will receive a sham treatment.
Behavioral: career planning application

Arm 1 [Experimental group]: The experimental group will be assigned to participate in a career planning application named "Building Your Successful Nursing Career" App for six months. They will receive the full career planning mobile application intervention along with two online career mentoring sessions.

Arm 2 [Control group]: The control group will also be assigned to participate in a career planning application named "Building Your Successful Nursing Career" App for six months. However, the control group will only receive a sham treatment. They will only access a few interfaces of the app.
Sham Comparator: control
This study aims to evaluate a career planning mobile app specifically tailored for male nurses. The investigators will compare the pre- and post-test differences between the experimental group and the control group. The experimental group will receive the full career planning mobile application intervention, while the control group will receive a sham treatment.
Behavioral: career planning application

Arm 1 [Experimental group]: The experimental group will be assigned to participate in a career planning application named "Building Your Successful Nursing Career" App for six months. They will receive the full career planning mobile application intervention along with two online career mentoring sessions.

Arm 2 [Control group]: The control group will also be assigned to participate in a career planning application named "Building Your Successful Nursing Career" App for six months. However, the control group will only receive a sham treatment. They will only access a few interfaces of the app.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
career self-efficacy
Time Frame: before intervention and 0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months post-intervention
career self-efficacy will be collected by online structure questionnaire
before intervention and 0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months post-intervention
career adaptive behaviors
Time Frame: before intervention and 0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months post-intervention
career adaptive behavior will be collected by online structure questionnaire
before intervention and 0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months post-intervention
occupational resilience
Time Frame: before intervention and 0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months post-intervention
occupational resilience will be collected by online structure questionnaire
before intervention and 0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months post-intervention
career success
Time Frame: before intervention and 0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months post-intervention
career success will be collected by online structure questionnaire
before intervention and 0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months post-intervention
career continuity intentions
Time Frame: before intervention and 0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months post-intervention
career continuity intentions will be collected by online structure questionnaire
before intervention and 0, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months post-intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Collaborators

Chang Gung University

Investigators

  • Study Director: Chao Yi-Ping, PhD, Chang Gung University
  • Study Director: Chiang Yueh-Tao, PhD, Chang Gung University
  • Study Director: DAI HUNG -DA, PhD, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
  • Study Director: Shen Yung-Chao, M.S., New Taipei Municipal Tu-Cheng Hospital
  • Study Director: Lou Jiunn-Horng, PhD, Hsin Sheng College of Medical Care and Management

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

August 1, 2024

Primary Completion (Estimated)

August 1, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

August 5, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 14, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 19, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

July 25, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 25, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 19, 2024

Last Verified

July 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • D000009238-1

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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