Abstract
Virtual reality (VR) has emerged as a promising tool for clinical training of nursing and other health professional students. This pilot study examined the feasibility of a novel VR experience to aid nursing students in understanding the impact of social determinants of health (SDOH) on patients’ care transitions using hotspotting. Ten prelicensure nursing students utilized VR head mounted displays to participate in data-derived prototype VR simulations representing super-utilizers of diverse backgrounds. Additionally, participants completed surveys assessing usability and workload burden. Participants’ reported ease in engaging in the VR experience and low workload burden. Results indicate utilizing VR to aid nursing students’ understanding of the impact of complex SDOH on care transitions is feasible. Results underscore the potential impact of VR on nursing education, particularly for teaching about the implications of complex SDOH factors on care transitions, health outcomes, and health disparities regardless of learners’ geographic location.
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