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Published on: September 18, 2017
Acquisition of Fire Safety Knowledge and Skills With Virtual Reality Simulation
Kelly L Rossler1, Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Adrianne Duvall
1Author Affiliations: Assistant Professor (Dr Rossler), Lecturer (Dr Duvall), Louise Herrington School of Nursing, Baylor University; and Assistant Director (Dr Sankaranarayanan), Center for Evidence Based Simulation, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Background:
Prelicensure nursing students seeking to enter perioperative nursing need preparatory fire safety knowledge and skills training to participate as a member of an operating room (OR) team.
Purpose:
This pilot study examined the effectiveness of the Virtual Electrosurgery Skill Trainer (VEST) on OR fire safety skills among prelicensure nursing students.
Methods:
An experimental pretest-posttest design was used in this study. Twenty nursing students were randomized to a control or an intervention group. Knowledge and skills acquisition of OR fire safety were assessed.
Results:
There were no statistically significant findings in knowledge for either group. Fisher exact test demonstrated significant relationships between the skills performance criteria of following emergency procedures for a fire and demonstrating PASS (pull-aim-squeeze-sweep) technique (P = .001).
Conclusions:
Academic and hospital educators may consider incorporating virtual reality simulation to teach fire safety education or reinforce general fire safety practices to nursing students and novice nurses.
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