Heart rate variability can clarify students' level of stress during nursing simulation.

ABSTRACT: Simulation is regarded as an effective educational method for the delivery of clinical scenarios. However, exposure to unfamiliar environments during simulation can cause excessive stress among students, possibly leading to unnatural speech/behavior and poor skill learning (Yerkes-Dodson's law). Thus, assessing students' stress in a simulation can provide educators with a better understanding of their mental state. This study sought to clarify stress changes throughout the progression of the simulation by measuring heart rate variability and students' subjective reactions in 74 nursing students. Heart rate variability was calculated in terms of its high-frequency (HF) and low-frequency/high-frequency (LF/HF) components during 4 phases-the break, patient care, reporting, and debriefing. Stu

SUBMITTER: Nakayama N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5886456 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature