Research Symposium

BIO

Aubrey Barotti is a sophomore at Florida State University. She is originally from Lancaster, PA, but decided to come to FSU to pursue nursing in hopes of being a CRNA in the future. She also has a minor in education, which is one of the reasons she has chosen to participate in this project. Her passion for research stems from her IB Diploma Programme, during which she conducted research across subjects such as Physics and History. On campus, she is involved as a Captain for Morale in Dance Marathon, a Hope Leader for Relay for Life, and a learning assistant for Microbiology. To further expand her time in UROP, she is currently training to be a UROP leader for the next year as well.

Shaping Learning and Collaboration in Nursing Escape Rooms

Abstract

The goal for any nursing student is to be able to make quick decisions and perform under pressure. However, according to the study, many students fail to apply what they are learning in the classroom to actual patient care. Interactive learning has increased over the years as a tool to support students’ learning, and, specifically, educational escape rooms (EERs) have been studied to identify which skills can be enhanced. An EER is a game-based environment where the aim is to boost collaboration and critical thinking. In the study, a baseline escape room on the recognition and management of hypovolemia was designed. Here, students participated in a group of 4, each taking a pre-test and a post-test. The 30-minute escape room was designed to have a clear sequence, as in the nursing process. The findings revealed significant knowledge gains, as well as patterns that favored a common ground approach where strategies were negotiated. In the absence of a designated role, there was a tendency to loop back to strategy talks before advancing. Overall, the results suggest that EERs with meaningful, defined roles yield beneficial outcomes for collaborative reasoning, and at the same time, they retain the potential for robust cognitive learning in nursing.

Keywords: Education Escape Rooms, Collaboration, Role Assignment