Table 10 The cost of delivering the VR and SBE for the Bachelor and Diploma of Nursing groups
From: Virtual reality simulation for nursing education: effectiveness and feasibility
JasperVR (costs per individual scenario) | Bachelor of Nursing | Diploma of Nursing | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One-off work | Item | Hrs | Cost | Item | Hrs | Cost | Item | Hrs | Cost |
Script development and review | 160 | $8,000 | Script development | 20 | $1,000 | Script development | 20 | $1,000 | |
Rehearsals | 40 | $2,000 | Document review | 12 | $600 | Document review | 8 | $400 | |
Filming (1 day) crew | $3,000 | ||||||||
Filming (1 day) actors | 64 | $2,560 | |||||||
Filming (1 day) teachers | 10 | $500 | |||||||
Document update | 10 | $500 | |||||||
Software development | 160 | $8,000 | |||||||
Testing and QA | 160 | $8,000 | |||||||
Project development overhead | 60 | $3,000 | |||||||
Totals | 664 | $35,560 | 32 | $1600 | 28 | $1400 | |||
On-going use | Item | Hrs | Cost | Item | Hrs | Cost | Item | Hrs | Cost |
Software license | $2,000 | Preparations | 23 | $1,150 | Preparations | 16 | $800 | ||
Admin preparation | 15 | $750 | Sim day – teachers | 48 | $2,400 | Sim day – teachers | 32 | $1,600 | |
Pre-brief students | 4 | $200 | Sim day – actors | 21 | $840 | Sim day – actors | 32 | $1,280 | |
Debrief students | 4 | $200 | Sim day – others (sim techs) | 10 | $500 | Sim day – others (sim techs) | 10 | $500 | |
Technical support | 4 | $200 | Additional remedial sim day (depending on group size | 102 | $5,100 | Additional remedial sim day (depending on group size | 190 | $4,500 | |
Totals | $3,350 | 204 | $9,990 | 180 | $8,680 | ||||