The Effect of Nursing Students’ Initiatives Towards Creative Activities on Their Child Liking and Satisfaction Levels: Quasi Experimental Study

Objective: This study aimed to determine the effect of nursing students' attempts at creative activities on their child liking, emotions, thoughts and satisfaction levels. Materials and Methods: It was conducted between January 2022-May 2023 at the Faculty of Nursing of a state university and in the pediatric clinics (General Pediatrics Service, Pediatric Surgery Service, Pediatric Infection Service) of the hospital belonging to the same university. Descriptive Characteristics Form and Barnett Child Liking Scale were used to evaluate the data. Students who agreed to participate in the study were given 9-week creative activities training and four workshops. The implementation phase was carried out one day a week for a total of four weeks. Out of treatment and care hours were preferred for the implementation. Before the implications, students made a preliminary interview and permission of the mother/father and the sick child. The control group did not receive any training or workshops. Data collection forms were collected once after all applications were completed. T test was used compare posttest scale score averages between groups. Independent variables that had an impact on the scale score in the primary analyzes were evaluated with linear regression analysis. The significance level was accepted as p<0.05. Results: There was a significant difference between the students' post-test child liking scores and their age, gender, creative activity groups, liking children, communicating and spending time (p <0.05). There was no change in the child liking scores of students who did not receive training (p>0.05). The child liking scores of the intervention group, received creative activity training and performed on practices with pediatric patients in the clinic, founded to be significantly higher in the post-test measurement (p<0.05). Conclusion: It is recommended that the study be disseminated in field applications on health and care outcomes of sick children at all stages.