Abstract
Some nurses in Portugal still have no training on family nursing and their professional practice is only based on their personal experience as a member of a family. The aim of this study is to describe the development of an educational tool, a board game called "Family Nursing Game", which was developed, tested and validated for nurses learning the content of family nursing within a hospital context. The development of the methodology followed the ten stages proposed by Jaffe, from the definition of the content, objectives, game formulation with its rules, evaluation of reliability and validity, until its testing with the target population. The results, from the evaluation of nurses who agreed to perform the board game test along with other educational strategies, highlighted their preference for the game, due to the source of interaction and reflection provided among participants, and motivation for family care, making the game a learning facilitator agent.
Keywords:
Hospital nursing service; Nurse; Family nursing; Continuing education; Educational technology
