Keywords

anxiety, clinical skills, nursing student, peer evaluation, stress

 

Authors

  1. Stewart, Patricia DNP, APRN
  2. Greene, Debbie PhD, RN
  3. Coke, Sallie PhD, APRN

Abstract

Techniques to help decrease students' stress and anxiety during a nursing program can be beneficial to their overall health and mental well-being. A quasi-experimental design was used to examine if a peer evaluation technique during clinical skill practice sessions decreases anxiety prior to skill performance evaluation with nursing faculty. Participant feedback supports the integration of a peer evaluation technique when learning clinical skills.