The Effect of an Escape Room Simulation on Nursing Students' Educational Leadership Skills: An Experimental Study

NCT07500675 — Not applicable, Enrolling by invitation, 70 participants, Near East University, Turkey

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Registry	NCT07500675, acronym Educational Le
Status	Enrolling by invitation
Phase	Not applicable
Study type	Interventional; randomized, crossover, masking: none, other
Enrollment	70 (Estimated)
Sponsor	Near East University, Turkey (Other)
Conditions	Educational Leadership, Leadership
Interventions	Escape Room Simulation, Traditional Teaching Methods (Behavioral, other)
Dates	start 2025-06-15, primary completion 2025-06-30, completion 2026-04-30 (estimated), first posted 2026-03-30, last updated 2026-03-30
Locations	1 site in Turkey (Türkiye)

-Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effect of an escape room simulation on educational leadership skills among undergraduate nursing students. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does participation in an escape room simulation improve nursing students' educational leadership skills, including visionary, instructional, and scientific leadership?

Are there differences in educational leadership outcomes between students who participate in an escape room simulation and those who receive traditional teaching methods?

Researchers will compare an escape room simulation to traditional teaching methods to determine whether the simulation-based approach is more effective in improving educational leadership skills.

Participants will:

Be assigned to either an escape room simulation group or a traditional teaching group

Complete the Educational Leadership Scale before and after the intervention

Participate in a single escape room simulation session (experimental group only)

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+Arms and interventions

Arm	Type	Interventions	Description
Escape Room Simulation Group	Experimental	Behavioral: Escape Room Simulation	Participants in this arm receive an escape room-based simulation designed to support educational leadership skills in undergraduate nursing education. The simulation is conducted in a nursing laboratory using a scenario that requires problem solving and decision making within a limited time.
Traditional Teaching Group	Active comparator	Other: Traditional Teaching Methods	Participants in this arm receive traditional teaching methods without the use of simulation or game-based learning during the study period.

Escape Room Simulation (Behavioral): An escape room-based simulation implemented in a nursing laboratory setting. Participants work in small groups to solve scenario-based challenges within a limited time. The intervention is designed to support the development of educational leadership skills through experiential learning and problem-solving activities.
Traditional Teaching Methods (Other): Participants receive traditional teaching methods without the use of simulation or game-based learning during the study period.

+Outcome measures

Primary outcomes

Educational Leadership Scale for Nursing Students Total Score [Baseline and immediately after intervention (approximately 4 weeks)]: The Educational Leadership Scale for Nursing Students will be used to assess educational leadership. The scale consists of 19 items and 3 subdimensions: visionary leadership, instructional leadership, and scientific leadership. Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale. Total scores range from 19 to 95, with higher scores indicating better educational leadership skills.

+Eligibility

Sex: All, ages: 18 Years to 25 Years, accepts healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria:

* Those who volunteered to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Students who cannot participate in the simulation due to health conditions

+Locations (1)

Facility	City	Country	Status
Near East University	Mersin-10	Turkey (Türkiye)