Quay Catherine, Ramakrishnan Arun
About the Authors Catherine Quay, MSN, RN-BC, CNE, is an assistant clinical professor, College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Arun Ramakrishnan, PhD, is director of research labs, College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University. This research was supported by a grant from the Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions Dean's Innovation in Healthcare Education Fund. For more information, contact Catherine Quay at
Nurs Educ Perspect. 2023;44(5):300-302. doi: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001174. Epub 2023 Jul 29.
Innovative educational interventions that dispel aging myths and promote empathy toward older adults can be used to reduce age bias and health care disparities. Virtual reality (VR) is one intervention that has shown promise in this area. This one-group, pretest-posttest design pilot study examined the effect of a VR experience on empathy with a sample of 121 second-degree, prelicensure nursing students. A significant improvement in empathy was observed. This study adds to the limited evidence that examines the use of VR for immersive storytelling and facilitation of empathy toward older adults in nursing students.
消除衰老误区并促进对老年人同理心的创新性教育干预措施，可用于减少年龄偏见和医疗保健差异。虚拟现实（VR）就是在这一领域显示出前景的一种干预措施。这项单组前后测设计的试点研究，以121名护理学本科二年级学生为样本，考察了VR体验对同理心的影响。结果观察到同理心有显著改善。本研究补充了有限的证据，这些证据探讨了VR在护理学学生中用于沉浸式叙事及促进对老年人同理心的情况。
