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Autonomic Stress Response of Nurse Students in an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)

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  • Paula Sánchez-Conde

    (Faculty of Sports Science, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Madrid, Spain)

  • Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez

    (Faculty of Sports Science, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Madrid, Spain
    Grupo de Investigación en Cultura, Educación y Sociedad, Universidad de la Costa, Barranquilla 080002, Colombia)

Abstract

The aim of the present research was to analyze the autonomic stress response of nursing students in a nursing Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation (OSCE). We analyzed, in 41 s-year nursing degree students (20.1 ± 2.3 years), modifications in heart rate variability (HRV) to monitor the autonomic stress response before, during and after the 18 different scenarios of a complete OSCE. Heart rate mean response of nurse students was consistent with an anticipatory anxiety response at the beginning of the OSCE, showing a sympathetic nervous system activation, but HRV parameters show contradictory results. The most stressful OSCE station was the CPR maneuver, the stress response varying according to the station’s demands.

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  • Paula Sánchez-Conde & Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez, 2021. "Autonomic Stress Response of Nurse Students in an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-7, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:11:p:5803-:d:559602
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