Recruiting

Educational Intervention

Sponsor:

University of Colorado, Denver

Code:

NCT07897851

Conditions

Deterioration, Clinical

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Orientation day with rapid response nurse

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study will measure knowledge, confidence, and nursing practice outcomes related to the effectiveness and feasibility of a 12-hour educational clinical intervention for NGNs during orientation.

Conditions

Deterioration, Clinical

Study ID

NCT07897851

Start date

Sep 28, 2026

Status verified date

Oct, 2026

Completion date

Dec 31, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep 30, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • New graduate nurses hired onto an acute care unit at University of Colorado Hospital, Medical Center of the Rockies, and Poudre Valley Hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

  • New graduate nurses who are not employed on an acute care unit at the three study hospital at UCHealth
  • New graduate nurses who have completed clinical orientation or started orientation prior to this study commencing

Study Design

Enrollment

300 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Intervention

This group of newly graduate will spend one day of orientation with a rapid response nurse

no intervention: Control

This group of new graduate nurses will receive routine orientation

Interventions

Orientation day with rapid response nurse

This orientation day is spending attending rapid responses with a rapid response nurse.

Primary outcome measure

  • Clinicians' Attitudes towards Responding and Escalating care of Deteriorating patients scale (CARED) [ Time Frame: The participants will complete a baseline survey (pre-survey) at enrollment at the start of their orientation. Approximately 10-12 weeks later, the participants will complete a post-survey after they have completed orientation. ]
  • Activation of Rapid Responses [ Time Frame: Participant's engagement with the rapid response team will be examined from the beginning of their orientation through the end of their first year (52 weeks in total). ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Maureen Varty, PhD, RN

720-848-6648maureen.varty@uchealth.org

Locations

UCHealth

Recruiting

Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045

Contacts

Maureen Varty, PhD, RN

7208486648maureen.varty@uchealth.org

More Information

Sponsor

University of Colorado, Denver

Last update posted

Oct 27, 2026

Last verified

Oct, 2026

Keywords

  • confidence
  • knowledge
  • nursing practice

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-10-28. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Colorado, Denver on 2026-10-27. Recruitment status is synced daily from ClinicalTrials.gov and may not reflect the sponsor's current status. Confirm during your call.