Escape the Sim! An Escape Room Innovation to Orient Learners to the Simulation Environment.

ABSTRACT: Orientation to the environment and equipment promotes psychological safety in simulation. Providing orientation activities also increases learner perceptions of simulation effectiveness, confidence, and learning overall. Escape rooms, used by educators from primary levels through graduate programs, promote skills in teamwork, creative problem-solving, and critical thinking ability. Creating an escape room-themed simulation experience with the objective of orienting learners to the simulation environment and equipment is an interactive way to prepare learners for simulation, while encouraging teamwork and group dynamics.

Interprofessional Development of a Livestream Simulation Activity to Enhance an Undergraduate Nursing Research Course.

The article describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of an interactive simulation activity to enhance student engagement and comprehension of evidence-based practice principles. An interprofessional team of nurse educators, simulation experts, information technology specialists, and nursing informatics graduate students collaborated on the simulation design. The results of this project support the need to develop innovative learning strategies to facilitate nursing students' understanding of the relevance of evidence-based practice research to improve patient outcomes.