Abstract:

Objective To explore the application effect of escape room teaching in intensive training of medical nursing unit in higher vocational colleges. Methods Convenient sampling was used and students in two classes of nursing specialty of grade 2021 were recruited as the experimental group and students in another two classes of nursing specialty of grade 2020 were recruited as the control group. While the control group adopted the traditional unit intensive training mode，the experimental group implemented the escape room teaching on this basis. At the end of the semester，the learning engagement，final examination results and level of critical thinking ability of the two groups of students were compared. Results The scores and total scores of learning engagement，critical thinking ability，theoretical knowledge and practical skills of nursing students in the experimental group were significantly higher than those in the control group（P<0.05）. Conclusion The escape room teaching can be applied in the intensive training of medical nursing unit in higher vocational colleges，which is proved to be effect in stimulating the learning input of nursing students，improving the level of knowledge and skills，and cultivating the critical thinking ability of nursing students.

Key words: Education, Nursing, Higher vocational colleges, Medical nursing, Escape room teaching, Learning engagement, Critical thinking