Escape Room Scenarios For Nurses

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Escape room scenarios for nurses.

The original idea for the escape room started in 2017 when lauren mcpeake rn bsn created a simulation based escape room to educate the nurses on her geriatric unit on the care of sepsis. When asked to describe the best aspect of the escape room experience one student reported it forces close teamwork. Eight participants agreed that the competitive aspect of the escape room scenario was reflective of real nursing situations. An article titled bringing escape room concepts to pathophysiology case studies by s.

Richelle monaghan phd and scott nicholson phd explains that when used in an educational setting an escape room experience has three phases. Our nursing team adapted the concept with an educational twist to enhance employee engagement teamwork and the learning environment. Escape rooms are adventure activities that allow participants to solve hidden puzzles in collaboration with a group while locked in the same room. May 3 2020 explore debbie nierste s board nurse education escape room ideas followed by 253 people on pinterest.

The staff had 25 minutes to solve four puzzles and interpret clues to detect and treat sepsis in a mock patient before they could escape. Femur fracture with pulmonary embolism. Clearing up the muddiest points in pathophysiology. The kansas state board of nursing has a free library of simulation scenarios designed by nursing faculty for nursing and allied health programs.

Healthcare escape rooms engage health professional students in an innovative simulation activity that can improve inter professional teamwork and communication. Mcpeake a former emergency department nurse noticed that sepsis wasn t being treated as a medical emergency on the unit like it was in the ed. The original idea for the escape room started in 2017 when lauren mcpeake rn bsn created a simulation based escape room to educate the nurses on her geriatric unit on the care of sepsis. An escape room gaming strategy is one way you can integrate active learning and inspire creative thinking in your students gómez urquiza et al 2019.

Staff from various disciplines such as social workers physical therapists physicians nursing assistants nursing students and nurses volunteered to participate in the escape room. Free scenarios currently for simulation in healthcare currently include.