Related Experiment Video
Updated: Sep 10, 2025
13:44
Project-Based Learning Guidelines for Health Sciences Students: An Analysis with Data Mining and Qualitative Techniques
Published on: December 9, 2022
3.7K
Enhancing Public Health Nursing Competencies Through Game-Based Education
1Author's Affiliation: St. David's School of Nursing, Texas State University, Round Rock, Texas.
Nurse Educator
|August 27, 2025
Summary
Virtual simulation games significantly improved nursing students' self-efficacy in community and public health nursing competencies. This gamification approach enhances preparedness for essential public health roles.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Public Health
- Health Simulation
Background:
- Community and Public Health Nursing (C/PHN) is crucial for population health.
- Baccalaureate nursing graduates often lack essential C/PHN competencies.
- There is a need to enhance C/PHN skill development in nursing education.
Purpose of the Study:
- To improve nursing student self-efficacy in C/PHN competencies.
- Utilized virtual simulation games (gamulations) as an educational intervention.
- Aimed to bridge the gap between academic preparation and C/PHN practice.
Main Methods:
- Developed 6 public health scenarios in collaboration with a software company.
- Piloted gamulations with 90 senior nursing students, 3 faculty, and 1 practicing PHN.
- Assessed self-efficacy using pre- and post-intervention measurements.
Main Results:
- Significant improvement in overall self-efficacy scores (p < .001).
- All 19 individual C/PHN competencies showed significant self-efficacy gains (p < .001).
- Effect sizes (Cohen's d) ranged from 0.44 to 0.72, indicating moderate to large effects.
Conclusions:
- Game-based educational approaches can effectively boost new nurse graduates' self-efficacy in C/PHN.
- Enhanced self-efficacy can improve readiness for entry into community and public health nursing roles.
- Virtual simulation offers a promising strategy for C/PHN competency development.
Related Concept Videos
01:15Nursing Implementation
5.3K
Implementation is the execution of the nursing care plan developed during the planning phase.
The five steps to implementing effective nursing care include reassessing the patient, reviewing and revising the existing nursing care plan, organizing the resources and care delivery, anticipating and preventing complications, and implementing nursing interventions.
The five steps to implementing effective nursing care include reassessing the patient, reviewing and revising the existing nursing care plan, organizing the resources and care delivery, anticipating and preventing complications, and implementing nursing interventions.
5.3K
01:26Levels of Health Promotion and Illness Prevention
13.2K
Health promotion allows a person to control the determinants of health, resulting in an improved health status. It enhances the quality of life and reduces premature deaths. Health promotion and illness prevention programs help people make beneficial choices to reduce the risk of disease and disabilities. There are three health promotion and illness prevention levels: primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.
In primary prevention, actions taken before disease onset prevent the disease from...
In primary prevention, actions taken before disease onset prevent the disease from...
13.2K
01:18Models of Health Promotion and Illness Prevention II
1.7K
The person's health status fluctuates continually, varying from being in good health to becoming ill and returning to being healthy. To understand the concept of illness prevention, there are two models. First, the health-illness continuum model is a graphic representation of an individual's wellness. It states that a person is considered healthy in the absence of physical disease and the presence of good emotional health.
The agent-host-environment model states that disease results...
The agent-host-environment model states that disease results...
1.7K
01:30Current Trends in Nursing II
1.4K
Trends in nursing are multifactorial and associated with changes in society, within the nursing profession, and in other professions. Notably, telehealth and remote nursing contribute to successful healthcare delivery for numerous patients and help reduce stress for nurses due to nursing shortages. Nurses can reach patients, monitor their conditions, and interact with them using computers, audio, visual accessories, and telephones—for example, remote patient monitoring systems. Likewise,...
1.4K
01:25Models of Health Promotion and Illness Prevention I
2.2K
A model is a theoretical way to understand a concept or an idea. Models can overcome barriers to health regardless of diverse economic and cultural backgrounds. In addition, models make the task easier by providing different ways to approach complex issues. There are two major health promotion models: the health belief model and the health promotion model.
The health belief model (HBM) attempts to predict health-related behavior in specific belief patterns. According to the HBM, a person's...
The health belief model (HBM) attempts to predict health-related behavior in specific belief patterns. According to the HBM, a person's...
2.2K
01:30National Nursing Organizations II
1.4K
Nursing organizations play a vital role in representing nurses working in specialized clinical settings, such as the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN).
The AACN emphasizes a healthy work environment through six standards to achieve an optimal patient outcome. The standards are appropriate staffing, meaningful recognition, collaboration, authentic leadership, effective communication, and decision-making. In addition, AACN provides certification programs, webinars, journals, and...
The AACN emphasizes a healthy work environment through six standards to achieve an optimal patient outcome. The standards are appropriate staffing, meaningful recognition, collaboration, authentic leadership, effective communication, and decision-making. In addition, AACN provides certification programs, webinars, journals, and...
1.4K