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work_iqormhwn65btlosqwxjq27jg6a	Odette Griscti	The impact of dog therapy on nursing students' heart rates and ability to pay attention in class	2020.0	10	.pdf	application/pdf	6972	516	66	In this study we explored if the presence of a therapy dog has an impact on students' stress and 1. To compare if there are physiological changes in students' average, maximum and resting heart rate when the dog was present or 2. To explore if the presence of a dog during class time had an impact on the students' level of attention in class. An optical wrist HR monitor was used to measure the students' HR when the dog was present or absent in class. The purpose of this study was to explore the physiological impact of pet therapy on students and its effect on stress levels and vigilance, one can conclude that the students' attention span during class time was not affected by the presence of the dog. In this study we explored in the introduction of a dog during the class time had an impact on the students' stress level and ability	./cache/work_iqormhwn65btlosqwxjq27jg6a.pdf	./txt/work_iqormhwn65btlosqwxjq27jg6a.txt