How might extended reality technologies, such as
virtual reality, augmented reality, or mixed reality be
utilized in your intended specialty area of advanced
nursing practice?
Mixed Reality (MR) can help advanced nurses to enhance their
learning and sharpen their clinical judgment. As a learning tool, MR
can develop skills and utilize judgment to identify physical cues in
patients, which can increase diagnostic skills (Frost et al., 2019).
Virtual Reality (VR) is another beneficial medical educational tool that
helps clinicians develop surgical skills. VR simulations have proven
valuable in nursing education, simplifying the application of
theoretical knowledge to clinical settings. ANP can gain the ability to
be skillful in theoretical knowledge, develop a wide variety of clinical
skills and consolidate clinical reasoning (Frost et al., 2019). With VR,
an ANP can experience a computer-generated environment and
utilize Augmented Reality (AR) elements, making the experience
more like the real world. Merging the virtual and the real world can
create a mixed reality (MR) that exposes the ANP to multiple ideas
and approaches that may not be possible to visualize and
contextualize in the real world (Frost et al., 2019).
It can also allow the ANP to explore complex ideas and situational
awareness on their own as a potential learning tool in different areas
of interest.
What type of product that is currently available would
be best suited for the application you described?
MedVR is a VR stimulation training tool that contains a large
healthcare simulation library that covers a wide range of medical
categories (Immersive Learning News, 2023). The program
contains guided and solo sessions, which allow the individual to
learn the information either by themselves or with an instructor,
which provides a non-judgmental and stress-free environment that
will boost the learner’s confidence. The learner has the freedom to
train when they have the time and they can repeat the simulation
as many times as they see fit. The program also contains a
multiplayer mode that enables individuals to participate in trainings
on a common virtual platform any time and any place, and share
experiences and knowledge, learners are able to think critically as a
team to resolve medical scenarios (Immersive Learning News, 2023).
The program is photorealistic showing healthcare equipment,
speaking with the patient and experiencing a virtual healthcare
environment which gives the learner the feeling of being in the real-
world. The learner can choose the mode of learning depending on
their skills. The program analyses the learner’s performance offering
feedback on areas the tasks were performed incorrectly or missed.
At the end of each session the learner has the chance to identify
virtual reality, augmented reality, or mixed reality be
utilized in your intended specialty area of advanced
nursing practice?
Mixed Reality (MR) can help advanced nurses to enhance their
learning and sharpen their clinical judgment. As a learning tool, MR
can develop skills and utilize judgment to identify physical cues in
patients, which can increase diagnostic skills (Frost et al., 2019).
Virtual Reality (VR) is another beneficial medical educational tool that
helps clinicians develop surgical skills. VR simulations have proven
valuable in nursing education, simplifying the application of
theoretical knowledge to clinical settings. ANP can gain the ability to
be skillful in theoretical knowledge, develop a wide variety of clinical
skills and consolidate clinical reasoning (Frost et al., 2019). With VR,
an ANP can experience a computer-generated environment and
utilize Augmented Reality (AR) elements, making the experience
more like the real world. Merging the virtual and the real world can
create a mixed reality (MR) that exposes the ANP to multiple ideas
and approaches that may not be possible to visualize and
contextualize in the real world (Frost et al., 2019).
It can also allow the ANP to explore complex ideas and situational
awareness on their own as a potential learning tool in different areas
of interest.
What type of product that is currently available would
be best suited for the application you described?
MedVR is a VR stimulation training tool that contains a large
healthcare simulation library that covers a wide range of medical
categories (Immersive Learning News, 2023). The program
contains guided and solo sessions, which allow the individual to
learn the information either by themselves or with an instructor,
which provides a non-judgmental and stress-free environment that
will boost the learner’s confidence. The learner has the freedom to
train when they have the time and they can repeat the simulation
as many times as they see fit. The program also contains a
multiplayer mode that enables individuals to participate in trainings
on a common virtual platform any time and any place, and share
experiences and knowledge, learners are able to think critically as a
team to resolve medical scenarios (Immersive Learning News, 2023).
The program is photorealistic showing healthcare equipment,
speaking with the patient and experiencing a virtual healthcare
environment which gives the learner the feeling of being in the real-
world. The learner can choose the mode of learning depending on
their skills. The program analyses the learner’s performance offering
feedback on areas the tasks were performed incorrectly or missed.
At the end of each session the learner has the chance to identify
