Using a Board Game to Learn a Physical Assessment Course in Nursing Education: A Randomized Controlled Study

Year 2024, Volume: 27 Issue: 3, 259 - 267, 27.09.2024

Ayşe Demiray , Ayşegül Açıl

https://doi.org/10.17049/jnursology.1428436

Abstract

Objective: Nursing students are expected to acquire the skills necessary to provide competent patient care in complex healthcare settings. This study aimed to explore the effect of a physical assessment board game on nursing students’ knowledge level and determine their opinions about the game.

Methods: A randomized controlled study design was used. The study was conducted from December 2019 to January 2020 among 56 nursing students (game group= 28, control group= 28) enrolled in an undergraduate nursing program in Türkiye. The data were collected using the Kolb’s Learning Styles Inventory to determine students’ learning styles, the Knowledge Evaluation Form for physical assessment, and the Student Opinion Form for students’ opinions about the game. Mean scores for the pre-test and post-tests were compared using independent and paired sample t-tests.

Results: A significant difference was found between the pre-test and post-test knowledge scores of the game group (P<.05). The mean post-test knowledge score of the students in the game group was higher than that of the students in the control group, and the difference between the groups was statistically significant (P<.05).

Conclusion: The game was beneficial for teaching physical assessment course. Future studies should incorporate different game samples, such as the development of a web-based game, as this study focused on a board game that supported physical assessment skills.

Keywords

Learning, nursing, nursing education, nursing student., board game

Hemşirelik Eğitiminde Fiziksel Değerlendirme Dersinde Masa Oyununun Kullanılması: Randomize Kontrollü Bir Çalışma

Abstract

Amaç: Hemşirelik öğrencilerinin karmaşık sağlık bakım ortamlarında yetkin hasta bakımı sağlamak için gerekli becerileri kazanmaları beklenmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı fiziksel değerlendirme dersi için geliştirilen masa oyununun hemşirelik öğrencilerinin bilgi düzeylerine etkisini ve oyun hakkındaki görüşlerini belirlemektir.

Yöntemler: Araştırmada randomize kontrollü araştırma deseni kullanılmıştır. Aralık 2019-Ocak 2020 tarihleri arasında Türkiye'de bir hemşirelik lisans programına kayıtlı 56 hemşirelik öğrencisi (oyun grubu= 28, kontrol grubu= 28) ile araştırma gerçekleştirilmiştir. Veriler, öğrencilerin öğrenme stillerini belirlemek için Kolb Öğrenme Stilleri Envanteri, fiziksel değerlendirme için Bilgi Değerlendirme Formu ve öğrencilerin oyun hakkındaki görüşleri için Öğrenci Görüş Formu kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Ön test ve son test ortalama puanları bağımlı ve bağımsız gruplarda t testleri kullanılarak karşılaştırılmıştır.

Bulgular: Oyun grubunun ön test ve son test bilgi puanları arasında anlamlı farklılık bulunmuştur (P<.05). Oyun grubundaki öğrencilerin son test bilgi puanı ortalaması kontrol grubundaki öğrencilere göre daha yüksek olup, gruplar arasındaki fark istatistiksel olarak anlamlıdır (P<.05).

Sonuç: Araştırmada geliştirilen oyun, fiziksel değerlendirme derslerini öğretmek için faydalı bulunmuştur. Bu çalışma, fiziksel değerlendirme becerilerini destekleyen bir masa oyununa odaklandığından, gelecekteki çalışmaların web tabanlı bir oyun geliştirilmesi gibi farklı oyun örneklerini içermesi önerilmektedir.

Keywords

Hemşirelik, hemşirelik eğitimi, hemşirelik öğrencileri, öğrenme., masa oyunu

Ethical Statement

Ethical approval was obtained from the University Ethics Board (2019/274).

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