Simulation Game Playing – A Nursing Instructional Strategy

As children we learn much through play and students can learn important information through the use of simulation game playing. This article describes the use of a simulation game, evaluated by both undergraduate and graduate students, as a fun and effective teaching strategy to identify assessments and interventions for the obstetric patient. Incorporated into the simulation game is a multidisciplinary theme in which players learn patient assessments and interventions from the perspective of the nurse, physician, social worker, and chaplain. Game goals, instructions, procedures, and evaluation reports are discussed.