Enhancing Nursing Simulation Education: A Case for Extended Reality Innovation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Nursing Simulation Education
1.2. Making the Case for XR Innovation
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. The Compromised Neonate
3.2. The Road to Birth
3.3. Conflict Resolution—Angry Stan
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Fealy, S.; Irwin, P.; Tacgin, Z.; See, Z.S.; Jones, D. Enhancing Nursing Simulation Education: A Case for Extended Reality Innovation. Virtual Worlds 2023, 2, 218-230. https://doi.org/10.3390/virtualworlds2030013
Fealy S, Irwin P, Tacgin Z, See ZS, Jones D. Enhancing Nursing Simulation Education: A Case for Extended Reality Innovation. Virtual Worlds. 2023; 2(3):218-230. https://doi.org/10.3390/virtualworlds2030013
Chicago/Turabian StyleFealy, Shanna, Pauletta Irwin, Zeynep Tacgin, Zi Siang See, and Donovan Jones. 2023. "Enhancing Nursing Simulation Education: A Case for Extended Reality Innovation" Virtual Worlds 2, no. 3: 218-230. https://doi.org/10.3390/virtualworlds2030013