Serious Game for the Nursing Assessment of Home-Dwelling Older Adults: Development and Validation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of serious games (SGs) in nursing education is increasing, with the COVID-19 pandemic significantly accelerating their development. A key feature of SGs is their flexibility, allowing students to train at any place and time as needed. Recently, there has been a shift from developing disease-specific SGs to games focused on broader health issues. However, there has been a lack of proposals to enhance nursing interventions in home and frail care settings. The REACtion project developed a SG to improve students' understanding and clinical reasoning in caring for home-dwelling older adults.

Objective

This study aims to describe the development of "REACtion Game" (RG) and explore its validity as an educational tool. A multidisciplinary team created a SG that si

SUBMITTER: Busca E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11632285 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature