Effects of Nursing Education Using Films on Perception of Nursing, Satisfaction With Major, and Professional Nursing Values.

The study used a nonsynchronized pretest/posttest design, meaning the control group was tested at different times than the experimental group, which could introduce temporal confounders. The sample size was small (29 participants), limiting the generalizability of the findings. The films were selected exclusively from Western countries, which may not account for cultural differences in nursing perceptions for students in other regions. The intervention was extracurricular and voluntary, so participants may have been more motivated than the average nursing student. Long-term effects on professional identity after clinical practice are unknown, as the study only measured immediate post-intervention outcomes.

None reported.

Do not assume this intervention works for students already in clinical practice. The study targeted second-year students before their major clinical placements, and the authors note that identity formed at this stage may conflict with later clinical experiences.