Effect of Virtual Simulation Practice for Nursing Students: Focusing on Virtual Presence and Virtual Patient Learning System Evaluation (VPLSE)

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Purpose: Since the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual simulation practice has been increasingly activated as an alternative to clinical practice in nursing colleges. This study aimed to provide basic data by confirming changes in self-efficacy and nursing knowledge in the virtual simulations of nursing students, and identifying virtual presence, virtual patient learning system evaluation (VPLSE), and practical satisfaction. Methods: This was a single-group pre-post quasi-experimental study. The subjects were 28 third-grade nursing students. Results: Self-efficacy and nursing knowledge increased significantly (p<.001). Virtual presence had a significant positive correlation with VPLSE) (p=.002) and practice satisfaction (p=.011). There was also a significant positive correlation between virtual simulation learning evaluation and practice satisfaction (p<.001). Conclusion: Based on these results, virtual simulation practice can be used with clinical practice as an educational method to improve nursing students' self-efficacy and nursing knowledge in nursing education. Virtual presence was confirmed as a significant variable to improve practice satisfaction and VPLSE. It is necessary to develop a virtual simulation program that can improve virtual presence through collaboration with virtual reality technology experts.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• ABSTRACT
• Ⅰ. Introduction
• 1. Background
• 2. Purpose
• Ⅱ. Methods
• 1. Research design
• 2. Participants
• 3. Instruments
• 4. Data collection
• 5. Data analysis
• 6. Ethical consideration
• Ⅲ. Results
• 1. General and Virtual simulation practicerelatedcharacteristics
• 2. Self-efficacy and nursing knowledge
• 3. Correlation among virtual presence, VPLSEand practice satisfaction
• Ⅳ. Discussion
• Ⅴ. Conclusion andRecommendation
• References