Effect of Psychiatric Nursing Practice Online Education Using Case-Based VR

Abstract

Purpose: This study was conducted to verify the effect of a simulation-based virtual reality psychiatric nursing education program Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study that used two groups and a pretest-posttest design. There were 35 nursing students in both the experimental and control groups. Data were collected between January 18 and February 28. The educational program was configured in four stages over four weeks. An after-program post-test was conducted for one week. Results: The experimental group showed significantly higher values for depression nursing knowledge (t=-3.96, p