A guide for facilitating an escape room for undergraduate nursing students

• Published in: Teaching and learning in nursing 2023-01, Vol.18 (1), p.181-184
• Main Authors: Wintheiser, Kristi, Becknell, Mark
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Clinical orientation; Escape room; Pediatric; Simulation
• ISSN: 1557-3087; 1557-2013
• DOI: 10.1016/j.teln.2022.08.006

•What is currently known about this topic?•Escape rooms are a fun, interactive educational gaming tool to teach nursing content.•What does the paper add to existing knowledge?•This paper adds a step-by-step guide for faculty to use to create their own escape room.•How can it be applied to practice?•Faculty can create their own escape room to meet the needs of the Generation Z college student. Nurse educators continue to look for innovative teaching modalities to meet the needs of the Generation Z learner. Escape rooms, an interactive game where participants use clues to complete a mission and escape a room, have begun to be utilized in the educational setting. A pediatric themed escape room was developed to orient the learner to pediatric nursing and to prepare the learner for their clinical rotation. The steps for an educator to facilitate an effective escape room are to determine the goal, write objectives, plan the scenario, gather the equipment, prepare the escape room, facilitate the scenario, and evaluate the scenario A simulation escape room was an effective modality to orient the learner to a specialty clinical environment such as a pediatric setting. This successful innovation was well received by students with positive examples of application. A pediatric themed escape room is an innovative teaching modality to integrate into your curriculum to meet the needs of the Generation Z learner.