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Summary
Nursing educators face challenges teaching fluid and electrolyte balance. An innovative imagery game makes complex physiological processes engaging and understandable for nursing students.
Area of Science:
- Physiology Education
- Nursing Pedagogy
- Applied Kinesiology
Background:
- Teaching impersonal physiological processes like fluid and electrolyte exchange to nursing students presents significant educational hurdles.
- Achieving deep comprehension beyond superficial knowledge is a primary challenge for nurse educators in these areas.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce an innovative imagery game designed to enhance nursing students' engagement with and understanding of electrolytes.
- To present imagery gaming as a novel pedagogical tool for applied physiological concepts.
Main Methods:
- Development of a novel 'imagery game' concept.
- Application of the game to the topic of fluid and electrolyte balance for nursing students.
Main Results:
- The imagery game effectively 'brings electrolytes to life', making them more relatable and understandable.
- Imagery gaming is proposed as a new and effective method for teaching applied physiological processes.
Conclusions:
- The developed imagery game offers a promising approach to overcoming common challenges in teaching physiological concepts to nursing students.
- Imagery gaming holds potential as a versatile tool for enhancing learning in various applied physiological domains within nursing education.