Designing and evaluating the effectiveness of a serious game for safe administration of blood transfusion: A randomized controlled trial

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 55, Issue , 2017, Pages 38-44

  Tan, Apphia Jia Qi ^a   Lee, Cindy Ching Siang ^b   Lin, Patrick Yongxing ^c   Cooper, Simon ^d   Lau, Lydia Siew Tiang ^b   Chua, Wei Ling ^b   Liaw, Sok Ying ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Nursing education; Patient safety; Serious game; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARDS; TEACHING; VIDEO GAME; YOUNG ADULT;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDENTS, NURSING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019183645     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2017.04.027     Document Type: Article

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