The Effect of Peer Education on Stem Cell Donation in Nursing Students

The aim of the study is to determine the effect of peer education on stem cell donation in nursing students on their knowledge and attitudes towards being a stem cell donor. This study is a randomized-controlled experimental design study. The dependent variable of the study is the knowledge and attitudes of nursing students towards being a stem cell donor. The independent variable is peer education on stem cell donation. The research will be carried out with nursing students studying at the Nursing Department of a university located in Istanbul. The universe of the research will be all students (N= 320) studying in the Department of Nursing in the 2022-2023 academic year. The sample of the research will consist of our friends from the nursing department who volunteered to participate in the research. In the power analysis to calculate the sample size, the sample size of the study was calculated as at least 88 for each group, with an effect size of 0.50, a margin of error of 5%, and a power of 95%. However, it was aimed to reach 100 students for each group, in case the participants were withdrawn from the study during the research and education process and the sample size could not be reached. Introductory Information Form and Stem Cell Transplant Information Form will be used to collect data. The data in the research will be collected in two stages. In the first stage, peer educators will be trained and evaluated by our consultant, who is a project internal medicine nursing specialist. In the second stage, peer educators will train and evaluate peer students. After our students studying in the nursing department who meet the sampling criteria are informed about the study, informed consent forms will be signed by face-to-face interview. Peer students will be randomly assigned to the intervention (100 people) and control (100 people) groups according to the randomization list prepared in advance. Peer educators will train nursing students in the intervention group wit