Location
Fieldhouse
Start Date
24-4-2025 3:30 PM
End Date
24-4-2025 4:30 PM
Recommended Citation
Jewell, Christine; Wellehan, Marsha; Balogh, Patricia; Amato, Nyssa; Littig, Tricia; and Martin, Donna, "Escape Room: An interactive Way to Teach Hypertension to Nurse Practitioner Students" (2025). Celebration of Scholarship. 5.
https://digitalcommons.lewisu.edu/cos/2025/poster_c/5
Presentation Type
Event
Included in
Diagnosis Commons, Medical Education Commons, Nursing Commons
Apr 24th, 3:30 PM
Apr 24th, 4:30 PM
Escape Room: An interactive Way to Teach Hypertension to Nurse Practitioner Students
Fieldhouse
Comments
Hypertension is a significant comorbidity in the United States. Nurse Practitioners (NP) should be familiar with the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension to prevent complications for their patients. An escape room provides a fun and interactive way for NP students to learn and build skills. Escape rooms promote engagement, teamwork, and communication, and allow nurses to make mistakes in a safe environment while also building on their leadership skills. The purpose of this activity was to increase NP students’ knowledge of treating patients with hypertension in the ambulatory setting in a fun and engaging way. Four unfolding case scenarios were presented in an escape room format that covered four types of hypertension: essential hypertension, secondary hypertension, “white coat” hypertension, and malignant hypertension. Puzzles requiring critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills were developed and participants were timed throughout their completion and eventual “escape.” Surveys measuring students’ perception of their hypertension knowledge were offered during a pre-brief and debrief, and another survey was conducted to measure students’ satisfaction with the escape room activity. Students reported increased knowledge of how to treat a patient with hypertension after completing the escape room. Most of the students rated their satisfaction high for this interactive type of education. The escape room was a fun and engaging way to enhance NP students’ knowledge of hypertension. Further, the NP students were satisfied with this learning experience.