Çingöl, NurhanKarakaş, Mehmet2023-11-172023-11-172023Çingöl, N., & Karakaş, M. (2023). Effect of the Management in Nursing course on students' time management and career planning attitudes: A single-group pre-test post-test study. Nurse Education Today, 125, 105797.0260-69171532-2793http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2023.105797https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12491/11849Aim: This study aimed to determine the effect of the Management in Nursing course on the time management and career planning attitudes of nursing students.Background: University education is important for young people to develop their time management skills, plan their careers, and implement these plans. Design: This is a semi-experimental study used single-group pre-test post-test design.Methods: This study sample included 133 fourth-year nursing students who enrolled for the Management in Nursing course in the 2019-2020 academic year. Introductory Information Form, Career Futures Inventory (CFI), and Time Management Questionnaire (TMQ) were used for data collection.Results: A statistically significant difference was found between the pre-and post-test time planning and TMQ scores. Moreover, a significant difference was found between the pre-and post-test career adaptability, career optimism and CFI scores. No significant difference was found between the pre-and post-test scores for the TMQ's time attitudes and time wasters subdimensions; similarly, the CFI's perceived knowledge of the job market subdimension indicated no significant difference between the pre-and post-test scores.Conclusions: The results of this study indicated that the Management in Nursing course improved the time management skills of fourth-year nursing students as well as increased adaptability and optimism in their career planning attitudes.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessCareer ChoiceCareer PlanningTime ManagementNursing StudentNursing EducationAdaptabilityArticle10.1016/j.nedt.2023.10579712517369652822-s2.0-85150932343Q1WOS:000966193400001Q1