ABSTRACT:
As a promising tool in nursing education, Mixed Reality (MR) now offers immersive and interactive environments. It can provide students with a realistic setting for their clinical training or patient simulations. This article presents the MR applications in nursing education. It also discusses potential benefits, challenges and implications. Meanwhile it probes recent research along with technological developments to argue that MR can help improve producing technology workers. It further posits that MR can help in discreet judgment formation needed by future innovation professionals and close the distance between knowledge in theory and that learned from practice. It also highlights the importance of incorporating MR technology into curricula to prepare nursing students for complex healthcare environments.
Cite this article:
Ritika Rocque. The Integration of Mixed Reality in Nursing Education: A Transformative Approach to Skill Acquisition and Patient Care. International Journal of Nursing Education and Research. 2025;13(2):120-2. doi: 10.52711/2454-2660.2025.00025
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Ritika Rocque. The Integration of Mixed Reality in Nursing Education: A Transformative Approach to Skill Acquisition and Patient Care. International Journal of Nursing Education and Research. 2025;13(2):120-2. doi: 10.52711/2454-2660.2025.00025 Available on: https://ijneronline.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2025-13-2-13
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