Sensory Restriction Simulation Training for Nursing Student Empathy and Communication

This study evaluates the effect of the Reality-Integrated Quality Education (GENE) approach, an educational intervention using sensory restriction simulations (vision, hearing, speech, and movement restriction), on empathy, communication skills, patience, psychological resilience, and patient-centered care competency among third-year nursing students. Sixty nursing students will be randomly allocated to an experimental group (n=30), who will complete a single 30-45 minute GENE simulation session, or a control group (n=30), who will receive standard theoretical empathy education without the simulation component. Outcomes will be assessed immediately before and after the session using the Turkish versions of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy - Nursing Student (JSE-NS), a Communication Skills Inventory, a Patience Scale, the Brief Resilience Scale, and a Patient-Centered Care Competency Scale. The investigators hypothesize that participation in the GENE sensory restriction simulations will produce greater short-term gains in empathy, communication, patience, resilience, and patient-centered care competency than theoretical education alone.

Inclusion Criteria: * Currently enrolled as a third-year nursing student in the Nursing Department of Agri Ibrahim Cecen University * Voluntary agreement to participate and provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Declining to provide informed consent * Not currently enrolled as a third-year nursing student in the Nursing Department of Agri Ibrahim Cecen University