Janet Nieveen, whose specialty is pathophysiology, Dr. The game was created by a teams from UNMC and UNL. By engaging in this serious game, learners will become better prepared to diagnose and treat a similar real-life scenario in the field. In this particular scenario, learners are tasked with diagnosing and treating a millionaire who has developed sepsis before the allotted time runs out.
Sepsis is one of the leading causes of deaths and hospitalizations yearly, nurses must be equipped with the proper skills and knowledge to treat this infection in a timely manner. This escape room scenario was designed to supplement a nursing lecture-style curriculum with an interactive way to assess learners’ sepsis knowledge.
Hosted on the SideQuest platform, a free Oculus Quest VR headset application resource, the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s College of Nursing-Lincoln has sponsored a free nursing escape room scenario called “Nurse’s Escape.” This is a virtual reality serious game that simulates an escape room based on the components of the Sepsis Bundle.