Evaluating the Effectiveness of Extended Reality Simulation in the Development of New Graduate Nurse Self-Efficacy
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2022-08
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The Ohio State University
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As nursing educators and administrators search for innovative ways to educate and assure competence of the next generation of nurses, extended reality has emerged as a way to leverage technology to better prepare nurses for the real-world scenarios they will face in a low-risk environment. The global pandemic and changing environment have increased the demand for alternative methods of training and education. The goals of this project were to incorporate a method of extended reality simulations into the orientation of new graduate nurses in the ICU to improve their self-efficacy and training satisfaction. Participants completed three sessions of two headset-based immersive clinical scenarios following a self-efficacy survey. The scenarios were scheduled two weeks apart and after each session participants completed a learner satisfaction survey, as well as a post-implementation self-efficacy survey. The project ultimately demonstrated an increase in participant's satisfaction with extended reality as a learning method as the project advanced but did little to improve their self-efficacy. The lack of movement in the participants self-efficacy could possibly be attributed to the narrow project window and the timing of the surveys in relation to their overall progress through their orientation A follow up project that includes a larger pool of participants, extended timeline, and earlier incorporation of the simulations is recommended.
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Extended Reality, Virtual Reality, Simulation, Virtual Simulation