Abstract:

Nursing education aims to equip students with skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, decision making, holistic and empathetic care, communication and team cooperation, as well as gaining competence in knowledge, skills and attitudes. Today's students, the majority of whom are generation Z, prefer to participate actively in education and need alternative and innovative ways to be involved in the learning process. For this reason, it is necessary to use innovative active learning methods that complement traditional education methods, which will ensure active participation of students in their education processes. One of the active teaching methods used by educators is ‘gamification’. As an innovative teaching technique used quite recently in nursing, games are known to have positive contributions to the development of knowledge and skills, as well as being fun and motivating, revealing the competitiveness of individuals, increasing the socialization of students, allowing them to make mistakes, providing instant feedback and improving their creativity. One of the popular games in recent years is the escape room game. Escape rooms are live-action team-based games where players explore one or more clues in the room, solve puzzles, and complete missions, usually by escaping the room to accomplish a specific goal within a limited time. The purpose of this article is to explain escape rooms, the use of escape rooms in nursing education, and the results of research on the subject, which has emerged as an innovative teaching strategy that has been used in education and nursing in recent years.

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