Ataturk University

This research aims to evaluate the effect of Touchpoint experience as a clinical learning method on clinical learning. The research is a quasi-experimental research with experimental-control groups. Students will be divided into experimental and control groups with the "simple randomization" method. A pre-test will be taken with data collection tools before the study for both groups. Students in the control group will continue their routine practice experiences. A post-test will be applied with data collection tools at the end of the 8-week internship period. TouchPoint is planned as a 2-session experience over a semester: Session 1 focuses on patient-centered care, Session 2 focuses on teamwork and collaboration. The method of both sessions will be conducted by 2 researchers with a small clinical group of 8 to 10 students. Sessions will last from 1.5 hours to 2 hours depending on the number of students and the degree of discussion. Sessions will be conducted face-to-face in a classroom.

The universe of this study will consist of cancer patients and their relatives who are hospitalized in the medical oncology clinic of Atatürk University Research and Practice Hospital between Oct 2024 and Feb 2024. The researcher will stratify the patients in the control and intervention groups according to age and the type of treatment they receive in order to ensure homogeneity. Accordingly, the patient in each stratum will be selected from one of the labels prepared in a bag with the words "experimental" and "control" written on it and the patient will be included in the group written on the label. The patients in the control and intervention groups will not know which group they are in, but only the researcher will know who is in which group. In this way, blinding will be ensured and the study will be completed as single-blind.

The aim of the clinical trial is to examine the effect of a stress ball applied to pregnant women during the active phase of labor on labor pain and labor comfort. The effect of the stress ball used in the experimental group on labor pain and labor comfort will be evaluated. The stress ball applied to pregnant women during the active phase of labor minimizes labor pain and increases labor comfort H 0: The stress ball used during the active phase of labor has no effect on labor pain and labor comfort.
H 1: The stress ball used during the active phase of labor increases labor pain and labor comfort.
The researchers will monitor the pregnant women from the time the cervical dilation is 3-4 cm (from the active phase of labor) until the cervical dilation is 8-9 cm and the experimental group will be asked to use the stress ball. Routine application will be made to the control group. The pain during labor of the experimental and control groups will be evaluated with the VAS scale. After the birth, the labor comfort scale will be applied to measure labor comfort.