ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Med.
Sec. Healthcare Professions Education
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Immersive Simulation Training Significantly Enhances Emergency Capabilities and Clinical Performance of Operating Room Nurses
Provisionally accepted
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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Background: Traditional training inadequately prepares operating room nurses for emergencies. This study evaluated immersive teaching effectiveness on emergency capabilities of operating room nurses. Method: Seventy-two operating room nurses completed a six-month program: four months theory and two months high-fidelity simulation (cardiac arrest, fire emergencies). An observation group (n=20) was compared with matched controls (n=20). Outcomes included knowledge, operational skills, emergency capabilities, satisfaction, and clinical performance. Results: Post-intervention improvements (P<0.001) included theoretical knowledge (82.23±3.84 vs. 93.47±4.29) and all operational skills. Six core emergency capabilities improved significantly. The observation group outperformed controls in all domains (P<0.001). Satisfaction increased: nurses (68.06% to 88.89%), anesthesiologists (75.00% to 94.44%), surgeons (69.44% to 93.06%). Appropriate emergency management rose from 53.85% to 87.50% (P=0.010). Conclusion: Immersive teaching significantly enhances emergency abilities, knowledge, and satisfaction of operating room nurses, improving clinical emergency management and patient safety.
Keywords: Emergency response, Immersive teaching, Nursing education, Operating Room Nursing, simulation-based training
Received: 03 Dec 2025; Accepted: 16 Feb 2026.
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* Correspondence: Jia Liu
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