Effectiveness of Serious Games on Nursing Students' Clinical Reasoning

This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of serious game-based learning compared with conventional learning in improving clinical reasoning among nursing students in Vietnam. Additionally, the study will assess students' self-confidence in pediatric nursing care, intrinsic motivation, and satisfaction with the learning experience. A minimum of 104 second-year nursing students will be randomly assigned to either the intervention group (serious game-based learning) or the control group (conventional learning). Both groups will receive six teaching sessions based on the content of the Pediatric Care Nursing curriculum, conducted outside the formal curriculum, with each session lasting approximately three hours. Outcomes will be measured at multiple time points, while learning satisfaction will be assessed immediately after completion of the intervention.

Inclusion Criteria: * Second-year undergraduate nursing students. * Students who have not previously taken the Pediatric Care Nursing course Exclusion Criteria: * Students who do not agree to participate in the study. * Students who are repeating the Pediatric Care Nursing course.