An innovative teaching strategy was designed to prepare undergraduate nursing students for their dosage calculations assessment. An interactive virtual escape room presented students with the opportunity to help discharge their patient from the hospital. Within Google Forms, nurse educators created a branching storyline where the answers selected determined the path the students would take to meet the learning objectives.

Dosage calculation errors impact patient safety. A creative teaching strategy for undergraduate nursing students in the nursing skills laboratory incorporated a simulated patient who had died. The patient received three incorrect medication dosages. The objective of the learning activity was for students to calculate the medication dosages and determine which error most likely resulted in the patient's death. Students were highly engaged in this activity. Faculty observed student learning in the cognitive and affective domains. This innovative teaching strategy encouraged students to evaluate dosage calculations in a safe learning environment.