Background: Through virtual reality (VR) technology, one can be guided through physical actions while viewing images that are equivalent to an actual environment. Because VR environments ensure safety and provide a repetitive learning environment, educational methods that use VR technology are being developed for nursing education.Purpose: To create a parenting skills program that utilizes VR technology and compare participants’ degree of independence in their parenting skills before and after the program.Methods: The researcher filmed with a digital camera using a 360-degree lens, edited the filmed video into a 5-minute program, and created a VR parenting skills program. Participants’ degree of parenting independence and subjective evaluation of sickness due to the use of VR were assessed before and after the VR parenting skills program.Results: About a third of the participants had experienced caring for a newborn and had little experience bathing them. In FY2021, the VR parenting skills program was improved in FY2020, and when comparing before and after the VR parenting skills program, participants’ level of independence in their parenting skills increased. Simulator sickness questionnaires scores before and after viewing VR did not differ significantly.Conclusion: After viewing the program, participants’ degree of independence in their nursing skills increased. In addition, because VR technology has little effect on the body, we believe this is an effective educational method for learning nursing skills.
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