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The Effect of an Escape Room Simulation on Postmortem Care Training For Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled
Tulay Basak1, Ayla Demirtas2, Gul Sahin Karaduman3
1Tulay Basak, RN, PhD , is professor, Fundamentals of Nursing Department, Gulhane Faculty of Nursing, University of Health Sciences Turkey, Ankara, Turkey.
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The literature highlights that nursing curricula often lack sufficient focus on postmortem care, typically managed with on-the-job support from colleagues. This study employs a parallel-group randomized controlled quasi-experimental methodology that involves administering a pretest, posttest, and retention test. The research involved 95 senior nursing students from a public university. The data were assessed through the "Demographic Features Form", "Knowledge Test", "Student Nurses' End-of-Life and Postmortem Self-Efficacy Scale", and "Instructional Materials Motivation Survey". Within the scope of the study, the intervention group showed considerably higher postmortem care knowledge scores both immediately after the lecture and 4 weeks later, opposed to the control group ( P < .01). Additionally, self-efficacy related to postmortem care and motivation scores for instructional materials were notably higher among the intervention group than those in the control group ( P < .01). The escape room simulation enhanced students' knowledge, self-efficacy, and motivation toward instructional materials related to postmortem care.
