Designing a VR Based Solution to Improve Practical Nursing Skills in Sri Lanka

Each nursing student is trained to have certain skills and qualities before attending clinical training in a hospital. The training of the basic nursing education aims for the nursing students to understand and familiarize themselves with the procedure flows of the essential nursing skill. Clinical training for nursing students continues from the first year to the final year, starting from basic nursing skills to advance nursing procedures. VR technology can be used to visualize the clinical environment at anytime and anywhere. This paper describes educational design research conducted to determine how to design a Virtual Reality (VR) based learning tool to practise nursing skills. The proposed application can reduce the clinical training time in the physical environment and make them more familiar with the clinical setting and the fundamental nursing skills in Sri Lanka.