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

Paula Sánchez-Conde and Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez
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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

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 11, 1-7

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.

Keywords: stress; autonomic modulation; HRV; nurse; students; OSCE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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