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

NCT07500675 | Enrolling By Invitation DMC

• 1 other identifier: YDU/2025/133-1958
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 70
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief 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)

Conditions

Leadership; Educational Leadership

Keywords

Nursing Education; Leadership; Simulation Training; Educational Measurement

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Educational Leadership Scale for Nursing Students Total Score

  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.

  Baseline and immediately after intervention (approximately 4 weeks)

Study Arms (2)

Escape Room Simulation Group

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Behavioral: Escape Room Simulation

Traditional Teaching Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants in this arm receive traditional teaching methods without the use of simulation or game-based learning during the study period.

Other: Traditional Teaching Methods

Interventions

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.

Escape Room Simulation Group

Traditional Teaching Methods OTHER

Participants receive traditional teaching methods without the use of simulation or game-based learning during the study period.

Traditional Teaching Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Those who volunteered to participate in the study

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Near East University, Turkey: lead

Study Sites (1)

Near East University

Mersin-10, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 1, 2026
• First Posted: March 30, 2026
• Study Start: June 15, 2025
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2025
• Study Completion: April 30, 2026
• Last Updated: March 30, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share

Locations

TU (1)