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A Community Pediatric Camp Escape Room: An Interactive Approach to Applying Real-Life Critical Thinking Skills

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  • Syretta Spears
  • Gabriel M. Díaz
  • Desiree A. Diaz

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Background. Escape rooms have been utilized to incorporate teamwork, communication, policy, and procedures reinforcement, as well as clinical care. Often themed, escape rooms challenge a team of players to discover clues and sequentially solve puzzles with the ultimate task of accomplishing a specific goal in a limited time frame, fostering critical thinking. Method. This learning activity incorporates legal implications for prelicensure nursing students in a pediatric community summer camp/after school care environment. Care and legal implications for a minor experiencing respiratory distress was the premise of this escape room . Outcomes. While this was not a research study, surveys were distributed for quality improvement and a deeper needs assessment related to the content and delivery of an escape room . Learners discussed the positive aspects of this activity through journal entries and a survey, noting the need for increased content related to legal implications for the medical team. This room engaged the learner in the forward-thinking that is needed related to emergency care, Good Samaritan Act, liability for cost, and permission to treat in a time-pressured environment. Future Plans. Testing the knowledge pre-post survey related to legal implications with implied care will be explored.

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  • Syretta Spears & Gabriel M. Díaz & Desiree A. Diaz, 2021. "A Community Pediatric Camp Escape Room: An Interactive Approach to Applying Real-Life Critical Thinking Skills," Simulation & Gaming, , vol. 52(1), pages 31-39, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:simgam:v:52:y:2021:i:1:p:31-39
    DOI: 10.1177/1046878120972741
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