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Test Anxiety in the Nursing Skills Laboratory: A Concept Analysis
Author(s) -
Miller Deborah L.,
Sawatzky JoAnn V.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nursing forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.618
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1744-6198
pISSN - 0029-6473
DOI - 10.1111/nuf.12197
Subject(s) - test anxiety , anxiety , clarity , test (biology) , psychology , context (archaeology) , curriculum , nurse education , nursing literature , meaning (existential) , nursing , applied psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , pedagogy , psychotherapist , psychiatry , alternative medicine , paleontology , biochemistry , chemistry , pathology , biology
BACKGROUND The concept of test anxiety has been well documented within the health education literature, with much of the literature addressing the clinical environment and simulation laboratories. Minimal exploration of test anxiety has been conducted within the context of a nursing skills laboratory. AIM This concept analysis of test anxiety will provide clarity to the meaning and use of this concept within the nursing educational setting of a controlled skills laboratory. METHOD Walker and Avant's (2005) framework was used to identify the defining attributes, antecedents, and consequences of test anxiety and applied in model, borderline, and contrary cases, and empirical referents. CONCLUSIONS Understanding the concept of test anxiety will enable nurse educators to develop strategies to reduce student anxiety during testing in the skill laboratory. These insights can lead to positive changes within the nursing curricula and may benefit those students who experience testing anxiety.