Serious games in nursing teaching: a scoping review

Abstract

Objective: To identify and map the serious games that are produced to teach nursing. Method: This is a scoping review. Data collection took place in March 2017, in 14 national and international databases. The following indicators were used for data extraction: year of publication, country of origin, objective of the study, classification of the serious games, thematic area addressed by the serious games, and main results. Results: The sample consisted of seven articles. The studies were published between 2011 and 2017, and six (85.7%) were produced in Brazil. The subjects addressed by the serious games were mental health, patient safety, neonatology care, child health, drug administration, and arterial gasometry. Conclusion: The serious games produced for teaching nursing addressed different related themes: mental health, child health, neonatology, patient safety, drug administration, and arterial gasometry.