EFEKTIVITAS AROMATERAPI LAVENDER TERHADAP KECEMASAN MENGHADAPI OSCE PADA MAHASISWA KEPERAWATAN (S1) DAN NERS STIKES WIRA HUSADA YOGYAKARTA

Background : Objective Structured Clinical Examintion (OSCE) is one method of clinical competency assessment. OSCE creates pressure because it has to collaborate skills with strong memory thereby increasing anxiety which will have an impact on student performance. One form of strategy that can be used to reduce anxiety is the aromatherapy type of lavender which has calming properties, stimulating sleep, anxyolitic effects and other psychological effects.

Research objectives : knowing the effectiveness lavender aromatherapy on anxiety facing OSCE in Nursing students (S1) and Nurses Stikes Wira Husada Yogyakarta.

Research methrods : This type of research is quantitative with a quasiexperimental (quasi-experimental). This research design is a one group pretest- posttest design. This was done by applying lavender aromatherapy 2 times to the mask and actually being inhaled by the respondent, after that it was observed for 15 minutes. The population of this study were students in semester III and semester V, taken using a total sampling of 84 students. Data analysis using Paired t-test.

Results : The rseults of data analysis using the paired t-test statistical tests obtaied p-value of 0.000 (<0.05). Which means that Hα is accepted and H0 is rejected. Conclusion: There is a difference in anxiety scores before and after giving lavender aromatherapy to students before facing OSCE for Nursing students (S1) and Nurses Stikes Wira Husada Yogyakarta.