The Use of Escape Room Game in Nursing Students' Learning About Parenteral Drug Administration.

This study was conducted as a randomized controlled experimental design with a pretest-posttest control group in order to determine the effect of the education given to nursing students with the escape room game on the students\' learning of parenteral drug administration. 72 students enrolled in Nursing Fundamentals II Course in the Spring Semester of 2021-2022 Academic Year at Gazi University Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department were included in this study. The students were divided into two groups, 36 control and 36 experimental, by randomization method. Written permission was obtained from the ethics committee and the institution in order to conduct the study. Data were collected with \"Descriptive Characteristics Form\", \"Parenteral drug administration Knowledge Test\", \"Parenteral drug administration Checklists\" and \"Game Evaluation Form\". The first knowledge (pre-test) and skills (Objective structured clinical exam=OSCE) were measured after the parenteral drug administration theoretical course and the skill course in the laboratory were given to the sample group. The sample group was assigned to the experimental and control groups according to the first knowledge and skill measurements. The experimental group played the escape room game in groups of 4 each. The control group was given the right to work independently in the laboratory. The game was played once in the experimental group. Then, the final knowledge (post-test) and final skills (OSCE) of the experimental and control groups were measured. Independent sample t test, chi-square test, Pearson correlation test and dependent sample t test were used to evaluate the data.