UTILITY OF VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATION TO ENHANCE CLINICAL JUDGMENT IN NURSING STUDENTS: A SCOPING REVIEW

Virtual Reality Simulation (VRS) is increasingly integrated into nursing education to provide safe, interactive learning environments. While VRS demonstrated benefits in enhancing knowledge and skills, its effectiveness in improving clinical judgment remains varied across studies. This scoping review aims to map the existing evidence on the impact of VRS on clinical judgment among nursing students, the types of interventions employed, the implementation processes, the measurement instruments utilized, and the factors influencing successful outcomes. The population includes nursing students, the concept is VRS, and the context is clinical judgment. Studies using qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method designs will be included. Guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology, literature searches will be conducted in PubMed, EBSCO, Science Direct, and ERIC. Eligible studies will be identified through predefined criteria, and data on VRS impact, intervention characteristics, implementation procedures, measurement tools, and influencing factors will be synthesized using descriptive statistics and narrative analysis.