ChartFlow Team
Between medical terminology and pharmacology, nursing students can lose motivation and get bogged down with details. So how do you, a classroom instructor, help students stay focused and have fun? We’ve found a handful of classroom games that are free or low-cost for healthcare educators to liven up their classrooms.
JeopardyLabs
This platform allows users to make their own Jeopardy style games and share them with the public. Thousands of nursing students and instructors have created games that you can access here for free.
Some of our favorites are Nursing Fundamentals for brand new students, Neurological Health Challenges and Pediatrics.
Before starting the game, you can choose how many teams will be playing and then you can divide your classroom into the appropriate number of groups. Have each team compete against each other to earn the most points during classroom Jeopardy!
MedGames.io
This website is full of games for medical and health students. While a lot of the biochemistry-focused games will not be relevant to the average RN student, these matching games for upper and lower limb anatomy are great classroom activities to do after reviewing the bones on Mr. Skeleton in the classroom.
They also have flashcards and matching games for Medical Terminology and abbreviations. We like the idea of doing the medical terminology matching games as a competition in-class. Have each student open the game on their phone and see who can get the best time!
This list of free game and activity ideas for nursing instructors
This blog post on the Elsevier blog had to have been written by an incredible teacher. We’re thinking she probably got 100% pass rates on the NCLEX if for no other reason than her classroom was so fun.
We won’t steal her content, but we do highly suggest you click on that link for free ideas like ACE Bandage Relay Races, Name that Personal Care Item, and O2 Bingo.
Ponder
We adore Ponder, and not just because we have an amazing partnership with them. Ponder is a simulation board game that gives you the ability to bring critical thinking and decision making into the classroom without having to do a ton of setup.
Unlike some of the other free options on this list, Ponder does have a one-time fee to purchase the game, but we think it’s worth it. You can buy it on their website here.
Check out the game here:
We’d love to hear more about the games and activities you do at your school. If you’d like to write a guest blog post and share your strategies with the world, send us an email at support@chartflow.io
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