Trainees who felt absorbed in VR nursing practice felt more sure of themselves
No comparisonThe short version
Trainees who felt fully absorbed while they practised a care task also tended to feel more sure of themselves after.
- 209
- adult nursing assistant trainees in Taiwan
- Randomised
- groups picked at random
- Self-rated
- people rated themselves
The study
Who took part
209 trainee nursing assistants from three training centres in Taiwan. They were about 39 years old on average, and slightly more were women. 220 started and 11 dropped out.
What they did
Everyone had a 50-minute class first. Then each trainee practised tube feeding once. Half used a VR headset for about 26 minutes. The other half used a computer and mouse for about 21 minutes.
What happened
The paper gave no scores for each group, so it didn't show if the headset beat the computer. Trainees who felt fully absorbed in the practice also tended to feel more sure they could do the care tasks. This link was stronger with the headset. Some numbers in the paper don't add up, and its summary claims more than the results show.
What the study found
- No comparison
Trainees who felt fully absorbed while they practised a care task also tended to feel more sure of themselves after.
Randomised trial of 209 adult nursing assistant trainees in Taiwan · no comparison group · they rated themselves · ⚠ numbers unreliable; summary claims more than the results show
How solid is this?
- Groups picked at random
- No comparison group
- People rated themselves
- Numbers unreliable
- Summary claims more than the results show
Source
Comparing the Application Effects of Immersive and Non-Immersive Virtual Reality in Nursing Education: The Influence of Presence and Flow (2025)
DOI: 10.3390/nursrep15050149 (opens in a new tab)
