The Effect of an Escape Room Simulation on Postmortem Care Training For Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, cilt.Publish Ahead of Print, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: Publish Ahead of Print
- Basım Tarihi: 2025
- Doi Numarası: 10.1097/njh.0000000000001166
- Dergi Adı: Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, CINAHL, MEDLINE
- Anahtar Kelimeler: escape room, knowledge, motivation, nursing students, postmortem care, self-efficacy, simulation
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
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.