Effectiveness of a Game-Based Mobile App for Educating Intensive Critical Care Specialist Nurses in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Pipeline Preflushing: Quasi-Experimental Trial

In the context of training specialist nurses and nursing education, a game-based mobile app was used as a simulation to teach intensive critical care specialist nurses the knowledge and skills of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) pipeline preflushing. This study aimed to evaluate the impact...

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Published in:JMIR serious games 2023-12, Vol.11, p.e43181-e43181
Main Authors: Wang, Zihan, Gu, Ruting, Wang, Jingyuan, Gai, Yubiao, Lin, Hui, Zhang, Yan, Li, Qianqian, Sun, Tong, Wei, Lili
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blood transfusions
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
CPR
Critical care
Education
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Games
Heart
Hospitals
Knowledge
Medical ethics
Nosocomial infections
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing skills
Pneumonia
R&D
Research & development
Respiratory failure
Simulation
Software
Students
Teaching methods
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Summary:In the context of training specialist nurses and nursing education, a game-based mobile app was used as a simulation to teach intensive critical care specialist nurses the knowledge and skills of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) pipeline preflushing. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a game-based mobile app on improving ECMO pipeline preflushing skills in intensive critical care specialist nurses. A total of 86 intensive critical care specialist nurses who were learning ECMO for the first time were included in this study. The nurses were divided into 2 groups: a control group (n=43) and an experimental group (n=43). Participants in the experimental group used a game-based mobile app for simulation exercises; the control group received no additional intervention. All participants took a theoretical test and a skill operation test at the beginning of the study and 1 week later. The differences in scores between the 2 groups were compared, and the learning curve of the experimental group was observed. The final theoretical test scores (88.44 and 85.02) and skill operation test scores (89.42 and 86.33) of the experimental group and control group, respectively, were significantly higher than those of the initial tests (theoretical test scores: 75.88 and 74.42; skill operation test scores: 75.44 and 75.93; all P
ISSN:2291-9279
2291-9279
DOI:10.2196/43181