The Prototype Development of Virtual Reality on Normal Labor Scenario for Nursing Students
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This study aimed to 1) develop a prototype virtual reality (VR) technology for normal labor scenarios tailored for nursing students, and 2) assess their satisfaction with its use. This research was a research and development study. The research sample consisted of 30 second-year nursing students enrolled in the Maternal and Newborn Nursing and Midwifery Course in Srisavarindhira Thai Red Cross Institute of Nursing. The method for developing a prototype of virtual reality on normal labor scenario consisted of the following steps: Step 1 (R1): Study relevant concepts and theories; Step 2 (D1): Create an innovative prototype and develop a storyboard; Step 3 (R2): Validate the effectiveness of the trial; and Step 4 (D2): Improve the innovative prototype, and improve the prototype media of virtual reality on normal labor scenario in order to be the complete prototype. Data were collected using . Data analysis was conducted using the mean score and standard deviation, providing insights into the effectiveness and reception of the VR prototype in nursing education.Results showed that 1) the prototype virtual reality (VR) technology for normal labor scenarios tailored for nursing students had contents including the preparation of the midwife, hand washing, opening the labor set, preparing birth equipment, preparing the patient, delivering the fetal head that was positioned in the Right Occiput Anterior (ROA) and the fetal head that was positioned in the Left Occiput Anterior (LOA), and cutting the umbilical cord; 2) participants, satisfactions with each item of the prototype of virtual reality on normal labor scenario were at the high level; the highest mean score of satisfaction was that concerning the content covering learning objectives and the use of situation questions being appropriate. As for the satisfaction with each specific aspect of the prototype media of virtual reality on normal labor scenario, most specific aspects had high average satisfaction scores.
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