Professional Pride in Nursing Students

The study was conducted to determine the effect of professional films on the professional pride of nursing students. The study is a single-center, randomized controlled experimental study. The study, which was conducted in randomized controlled experimental design, included 102 students enrolled in the first year of nursing faculty of a state university in the 2022-2023 academic year. Sampling Inclusion Criteria: Individuals over the age of 18, who agreed to participate in the study in written and verbal form, and participated in all phases of the study were included. The students were randomly divided into two groups, 66 experimental and 66 control groups. Since there were students who did not complete the study in both groups, the study was completed with a total of 102 students, 57 of which were experimental and 45 were control. Data were collect with "Sociodemographic Data Form" and "Nursing Professional Pride Scale" . Written permission were obtained from the individuals who volunteered to participate in the study, and "Sociodemographic Data Form" and "Nursing Professional Pride Scale" were applied to all students. The names of all students were written in alphabetical order, and students were divided into "Experimental" or "Control" groups using the random numbers table. Intervention in Experimental Group:First of all, movie or documentary suggestions on the professional role of nursing, available on YouTube, were received from 5 nurse academicians who are experts in the field of Nursing Fundamentals. A film (Wit (2001), and a documentary (The First Turkish Nurse- Safiye Huseyin Elbi's Life) were selected by the researchers with agreed. The students in the experimental group were asked to watch a documentary and then a movie with a one-week break. After the interventions "Nursing Professional Pride Scale" were applied to intervention groups. Intervention in Control Group: No intervention. After two weeks "Nursing Professional Pride Scale" were applied to control groups. In the analysis of the data, nominal variables were evaluated as frequency and percentage, and ordinal variables were evaluated as mean and standard deviation. Chi-square relationship between scales, Spearman's rho, Mann-Whitney U Test and Wilcoxon Signad Rank Test were used.