The Impact of Escape Room Experience in Nursing Students

Gamification is an applied, team-based approach in which students are actively involved. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of escape room experience on the level of problem solving skills and professional behavior in nursing students.

This study was completed in a randomized controlled trial with 43 final year nursing students from a university. Students were randomized into intervention (n=22) and control (n=21) groups. In this study, data were collected with the Game Experience Scale, Problem Solving Inventory, and Nursing Students Professional Behavior Scale. The data obtained from the study were evaluated with SPSS 24.0. Descriptive statistics; number (n), percentage (%), mean (X), standard deviation (SD) were given. Statistical significance level was evaluated as p<0.05. The students in the intervention group analyzed the breast cancer surgery case with the escape room experience. The students were divided into groups of 5 and tried to complete the tasks given by the researchers within 30 minutes. During the escape room practice, the researchers were present in the rooms as observers and evaluated the participants.

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Key information

Conditions

Nursing Education

Age range

21 year–24 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Erciyes University Faculty of Health Sciences

Kayseri, 38000, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Active students in the spring semester of the 2023-2024 academic year,
A fourth-year nursing student,
To take the surgical diseases nursing intern practice module,
Preparing an individualized patient care plan for at least one surgical patient,
Students who have previously prepared and presented at least one surgical patient-specific case with group work

Exclusion criteria

Those who have lessons they did not take in 1st-3rd classes,
Never planned care for surgical patients in previous clinical practice,
Students who refused to participate in the study

Treatment and study plan

escape room

Other

Nursing students in the intervention group analyzed the breast cancer surgery case with the escape room experience.

Primary outcomes

Problem solving level

Time frame: 5 week

The problem solving levels of nursing students will be evaluated using the problem solving inventory in the first week and the last week of the 5-week follow-up period.
professional behavior level

Time frame: 5 week

The professional behavior levels of nursing students will be evaluated using the Professional Behavior Scale for Nursing Students in the first and last week of the 5-week follow-up period.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

TC Erciyes University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Impact of Escape Room Experience on Problem Solving and Professional Behavior Levels in Nursing Students: An Interventional Educational Study

Important dates

Study start: 2024
Primary completion: 2024
Study completion: 2024
First posted: Aug 12, 2024
Registry last updated: May 11, 2025

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