Author Affiliation : Department of Nursing, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Comput Inform Nurs. 2022 May 1;40(5):307-316. doi: 10.1097/CIN.0000000000000900.
Healthcare providers without working experience in isolation wards experience enormous challenges. Traditional ward orientation is constrained by space, time, and even infection risk in particular periods (eg, the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic). Virtual reality has been used widely, but rarely in wards. This study aimed to explore the experience of utilizing virtual reality for isolation ward training among nurses. In this study, nurses completed virtual reality training via an online platform and were then trained in isolation wards, after which their perceptions were explored by questionnaire and interviews. A total of 1868 participants completed the training. Most participants thought the preservice training was important and believed the virtual reality experience was consistent with the in-person training. Virtual reality was found not only to be convenient and valuable for training but also to have the benefits of occupational protection. However, whereas 50.48% of participants wanted to learn the ward via virtual reality, 87.21% of participants wanted to learn via in-person training before working in the wards. As a substitute for in-person training, virtual reality is a feasible and practical instrument to provide preservice training in particular periods. However, there is room for improvement due to general discomfort and technological problems.
医疗保健提供者如果没有在隔离病房工作的经验，将会面临巨大的挑战。传统的病房定向培训受到空间、时间甚至特定时期（例如，COVID-19 大流行期间）感染风险的限制。虚拟现实已经得到了广泛的应用，但在病房中却很少使用。本研究旨在探讨利用虚拟现实技术对护士进行隔离病房培训的经验。在这项研究中，护士通过在线平台完成了虚拟现实培训，然后在隔离病房接受培训，之后通过问卷调查和访谈来探讨他们的看法。共有 1868 名参与者完成了培训。大多数参与者认为岗前培训很重要，并认为虚拟现实体验与亲身培训一致。虚拟现实不仅方便且有助于培训，而且具有职业保护的好处。然而，虽然 50.48%的参与者希望通过虚拟现实学习病房，但 87.21%的参与者希望在进入病房工作之前通过亲身培训学习。作为亲身培训的替代品，虚拟现实是在特殊时期提供岗前培训的一种可行且实用的工具。但是，由于普遍的不适和技术问题，仍有改进的空间。
