Developing a Serious Game for Nurse Education

J Gerontol Nurs. 2018 Jan 1;44(1):15-19. doi: 10.3928/00989134-20171213-05.

Abstract

Future nursing education is challenged to develop innovative and effective programs that align with current changes in health care and to educate nurses with a high level of clinical reasoning skills, evidence-based knowledge, and professional autonomy. Serious games (SGs) are computer-based simulations that combine knowledge and skills development with video game-playing aspects to enable active, experiential, situated, and problem-based learning. In a PhD project, a video-based SG was developed to teach nursing students nursing care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in home health care and hospital settings. The current article summarizes the process of the SG development and evaluation. [Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 44(1), 15-19.].

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Competence
  • Computer Simulation*
  • Computer-Assisted Instruction / methods*
  • Education, Nursing / methods*
  • Home Care Services / organization & administration
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Problem-Based Learning
  • Professional Autonomy
  • Program Development
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / nursing
  • Video Games*