The Effect of Metaverse-Based Nursing Skills Laboratory

Depending on the education system, the increasing number of students, inadequate practice/skill laboratories, a small number of lecturers and students with limited time in the clinic have a negative impact on obtaining appropriate clinical experience. The virtual learning environment experience will prepare the student for the clinic in the most realistic way and will reduce the risk of errors in clinical care and treatment. In light of this information, presenting the learning environment of the future to the student will prepare the student both in the clinical practice area and in the professional environment as self-confident and highly equipped The study was planned with a mixed method consisting of single-blind randomized controlled experiment and focus group interview methods. The research was planned to be carried out during the pediatric nursing course period between 2023-2024 Fall Semester October-December. Participants will be students taking a pediatric nursing course. Scales and Forms to be used in the Study; Informed Consent and Demographic Data Collection Form, Expert Opinion Form, Proficiency Scale for Nursing Students, Augmented Reality Applications Attitude Scale, Pre and Post Test, Student Case Form, • Focus Group Interview Form and Distance Education Satisfaction Scale of university life.The universe of the research consists of all students who take and continue the 2023 - 2024 fall term child health and diseases nursing course (N: 190). It will try to reach the universe where the sample selection of the research will not be made.To measure the learning efficiency of pediatric nursing students in infant orogastric tube care application in two different skill laboratories, considering the feeding pattern from Gordon's Functional Health patterns. (University skills lab and metaverse-based clinical skills lab) As a result, the learning levels of the students in the metaverse-based clinical skills laboratory environment will be higher than in the skills laboratory. It will also increase the student's self-confidence in the field of pediatric nursing practice.

Inclusion Criteria:Participants who gave written and verbal consent to enter the studyStudents taking and continuing the Child Health and Diseases Nursing courseExclusion Criteria:Participants who received the 1. Child Health and Diseases nursing training for the 2nd timeParticipants who did not receive the Child Health and Diseases nursing trainingParticipants with motion sicknessParticipants with vertigoParticipants with middle ear balance problemsParticipants with Meniere's syndromeParticipants with a fear of heightsParticipants with stomach ailmentsParticipants with eye diseasesParticipants with other problemsParticipants withdrawing from the studyParticipants who dropped out of the study