The Effect of Emergency Escape Room Simulation on Students' Knowledge, Anxiety and Satisfaction Level

This research is a randomized controlled study type. The population of the research consisted of a total of 40 students studying at the Hamidiye Nursing Faculty of the University of Health Sciences and taking the emergency nursing course in the 2023-2024 academic year. The sample consisted of nursing students who took this course in the same date range and agreed to participate in the research. In this study, participants were divided into two equal groups: intervention (n=20) and control group (n=20) using a computer-based randomization method (https://www.random.org/). Due to the nature of the research, the participants and the principal investigator were not blinded, while the evaluator was blinded to the groups. In addition to the traditional training method within the scope of emergency nursing training, an escape room application was applied to the intervention group after 14 weeks of emergency nursing training. No intervention other than the traditional education method was applied to the control group within the scope of the 14-week emergency nursing education. In the traditional education, narration, question and answer, and discussion techniques were used in a powerpoint presentation containing visuals and text in the classroom environment.