Will You Escape?: Validating Practice While Fostering Engagement Through an Escape Room
Julie A Gates1, Michelle Youngberg-Campos
1Julie A. Gates, MSN, RN, CMSRN, is a Nursing Professional Development Specialist at SwedishAmerican, A Division of UW Health, Rockford, Illinois. Michelle Youngberg-Campos, PMC, MSN, RN-BC, is a Nursing Professional Development Specialist at SwedishAmerican, A Division of UW Health, Rockford, Illinois.
Journal for Nurses in Professional Development
|September 5, 2020
Summary
Nursing professional development specialists can use escape rooms to quickly validate new graduate nurses
Area of Science:
- Healthcare education and professional development.
- Nursing workforce training and assessment.
Background:
- Healthcare organizations face dwindling resources for education and onboarding.
- Nursing professional development specialists need creative methods for knowledge validation.
- Efficiently assessing new graduate nurses' skills is crucial for patient care and organizational efficiency.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the use of an escape room format for validating new graduate nurses' knowledge and skills.
- To assess the potential of escape rooms to decrease the number of dedicated education days.
- To offer a creative and rapid assessment solution in resource-constrained healthcare settings.
Main Methods:
- Implementation of an escape room simulation designed to test nursing competencies.
- Observation and assessment of new graduate nurses' performance within the escape room scenario.
- Evaluation of the time efficiency and resource utilization compared to traditional methods.
Main Results:
- The escape room format effectively validated new graduate nurses' knowledge and skills.
- A significant decrease in the number of required education days was observed.
- Positive feedback on the engagement and innovative nature of the assessment method.
Conclusions:
- Escape rooms offer a viable, engaging, and efficient method for assessing new graduate nurses.
- This innovative approach can help healthcare organizations optimize education resources.
- Nursing professional development can leverage gamified learning for rapid skill validation.
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