The Differential Impact of High-Stakes Versus Routine OSCE Stations on Nursing Students' Stress Levels and Clinical Competency: An Experimental Study

Inclusion Criteria: * The inclusion criteria included nursing students in their eighth semester who had given their consent to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Exclusion criteria were nursing students who were unwilling to participate, absence in any of the intervention sessions, and those who, for reasons such as acute stress, did not have the necessary mental or psychological readiness to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills. Additionally, students taking medications that could attenuate the stress response (e.g., beta-blockers, central nervous system depressants) were also excluded.