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What IS the What If? game? What If? games are creative nursing education tools that ask "questions for which there is no one "right" answer." The games provide 75 case scenarios in three categories:
Learners are presented with a case scenario. On the reverse of the card are SOME of the answers that are solutions to the scenario...your learners may use creative problem-solving to identify many more! The games are great for nursing education and nursing staff development! What is included in a What If? game? INCLUDED IN WHAT IF? GAME KITS ARE:
How can I use the What If game? You can use the game anywhere you go! The game can be adapted to a variety of classroom and clinical applications; questions can be posted to staff development or class listserves and faculty WebPages. The game is equally useful for individual learners or groups of learners. Who writes the What If? questions ? What If? game questions in the nursing specialty areas are written by recognized experts in their fields. Game consultants are expert nurse educators with decades of clinical experience. Are the What If? ElderLife? and What Next? games suitable for all learners? Absolutely! Questions are designed to provide nursing staff and nursing students at all educational levels with critical thinking challenges. As the learners progress, solutions to the scenarios will become more complex. Learners at all levels can benefit by using the What If? ElderLife? and What Next? games to enhance active learning. Prototype game questions were developed with the assistance of students in the ASN program at The University of Indianapolis, and BSN students at Marian College, Indianapolis, Indiana. What is the What Next? Game?
The What Next? game guides learners through the complexities
of care of the adult client in the medical surgical setting.
Using an unfolding case study approach, learners build an unfolding case by selecting a client by age, gender and diagnosis, then by adding random events from the game deck. Featuring a comprehensive list of 92 definitions of diseases and conditions from Tabor’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, the game challenges learners to: MAKE CLINICAL DECISIONS, BASED ON A CHANGING PATIENT SITUATION ANALYZE DATA IN THE UNFOLDING CASE PRIORITIZE PATIENT CARE IN AN UNFOLDING CASE Included in the game kit are:
ElderLife is creative game that introduces learners to the impact of life events on elders in the community setting, their family members and caretakers, and members of the health care team. Included in the game kit are:
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