Charge Nurse

By Veterans Health Administration, Employee Education System

Government Category

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Description: Charge Nurse Activities in Leadership & Management(CALM) educational game will help develop successful nurse leaders who supervise, evaluate, support, and mentor a nursing staff while maintaining a high level of patient care and act as an educational resource through the acquisition of effective communication, collaboration,team building, systems thinking, decision-making, and creative problem solving skills.  In this game, the learner will resolve various scenarios that a Charge Nurse may face on a unit floor in real life. The goal of the Charge Nurse Educational Game is for the learner to maintain the safety of the unit patients and staff, and manage the flow of the unit.

Skills and Ideas Taught: Effective communication, collaboration, team building,systems thinking, decision-making and creative problem solving skills.

Goal or Challenge: The goal of the CALM Educational Game is for the learner to maintain the safety of the unit patients and staff, and manage the flow of the unit.

Primary Audience: Hospital Nursing Staff Members

Assessment Approach: The player is presented with eight scenarios that are each designed to develop a specific skill.  The learner receives after-action reviews and performance scores with each scenario with a summative high stakes minimum score is pass/fail.

Game Engine: Unity

Operating System: Windows

Platform: PC

Special Hardware: No