Acquisition of Fire Safety Knowledge and Skills With Virtual Reality Simulation.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Prelicensure nursing students seeking to enter perioperative nursing need preparatory fire safety knowledge and skills training to participate as a member of an operating room (OR) team. PURPOSE:This pilot study examined the effectiveness of the Virtual Electrosurgery Skill Trainer (VEST) on OR fire safety skills among prelicensure nursing students. METHODS:An experimental pretest-posttest design was used in this study. Twenty nursing students were randomized to a control or an intervention group. Knowledge and skills acquisition of OR fire safety were assessed. RESULTS:There were no statistically significant findings in knowledge for either group. Fisher exact test demonstrated significant relationships between the skills performance criteria of following emergency procedures f

SUBMITTER: Rossler KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6252293 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar/Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature