Onturk, Zehra KanŞancı, YağmurSanci, YagmurHemşirelik Bölümü2025-01-112025-01-11202302822-295410.5152/JANHS.2023.221562-s2.0-85167788618https://doi.org/10.5152/JANHS.2023.22156https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/en/yayin/detay/1188577/safe-drug-administration-in-pediatric-nursing-education-a-quasi-experimental-design-studyObjective: This study was carried out to determine the correlation between the performance of students who received simulation-based pediatric nursing education and their self-confidence regarding safe drug administrations during simulation.Methods: The study was conducted in pretest and posttest quasi-experimental design and carried out on a sample group (n =39) based on criteria established at the Nursing Department of a foundation university. Students were subjected to a simulation of "Drug Management in Children" within the scope of the pediatric nursing course. The researchers collected data through a check-list, a self-confidence scale, and tests (pretest and posttest) used in the simulation application on "Drug Management in Children."Results: The students obtained a mean score of 129.00 +/- 14.36 on the self-confidence scale. The posttest scores of the students were statistically significantly higher than the pretest scores (P = .011). The performance mean score of the students from the simulation checklist for safe drug administrations was 36.28 +/- 6.65. There was no statistically significant correlation between the scores from the self-confidence scale, the pretest, the posttest, and the checklist scores (P> .05).Conclusion: This study underlines the importance of having a suitable level of self-confidence for students' educational gains and also indicated that there was no correlation between self-confidence and performance.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSafe DrugSelf-ConfidencePediatric NursingSimulationConference ObjectN/AQ4262127134WOS:0011336644000011188577