Behind the Scenes of an Educational Escape Room

Area of Science:

• Nursing Education
• Medical Simulation
• Gamification in Healthcare

Background:

• Interactive escape room games offer a novel approach to education.
• Reinforcing clinical skills and knowledge is crucial for nursing students.
• Safe medication practices are a fundamental aspect of nursing care.

Purpose of the Study:

• To describe the development and implementation of a safe medication educational escape room.
• To evaluate the effectiveness of this gamified learning experience for first-year nursing students.
• To share insights and lessons learned in creating such an educational tool.

Main Methods:

• Designing an interactive escape room focused on safe medication administration.
• Piloting the escape room with first-year nursing students.
• Collecting data on student learning and engagement.
• Evaluating the overall effectiveness of the educational intervention.

Main Results:

• The educational escape room successfully engaged students in learning about safe medication practices.
• Students demonstrated reinforcement of knowledge and clinical skills through the game.
• The pilot provided valuable data for refining the educational escape room design.

Conclusions:

• Educational escape rooms are a viable and effective tool for teaching medication safety to nursing students.
• The development process highlighted key steps for creating impactful simulation-based learning experiences.
• This approach offers a promising avenue for innovative nursing education.