The effect of blood transfusion nursing practice education for nursing students by using educational media (blended learning)

This study is a non-equivalence control groups pre- and post-similar experimental design study to find out an efficient practical education method by comparing the blood transfusion nursing practice education method applied with virtual reality and the blood transfusion nursing practice education method applying the traditional arm model. The subjects of this study were 53 students who were 3rd year nursing students at a university in G city and had no clinical practice experience. The test subjects were divided into experimental groups 1 & 2 and the control group, the mixed practice (VR + traditional arm model) was applied to the experimental group 1, the VR practice was applied to the experimental group 2, and the traditional arm model practice was applied to the control group. Data were analyzed by frequency and percentage, mean and standard deviation, chi-square test, and Kruskal Wallis using the SPSS Version 22.0 statistical program. As a result of the study, there were significant differences in performance confidence, performance ability, and learning immersion between students who received practical training that mixed virtual reality and traditional arm model(experiment group 1), students who only received virtual reality practice education(experiment group 2).