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PENGARUH SENAM OTAK TERHADAP DAYA INGAT PADA MAHASISWA KEPERAWATAN TINGKAT SATU DI UNIVERSITAS ADVENT INDONESIA

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ABSTRACT The researcher noticed that nursing students in Adventits University of Indonesia who studied during 01.00-05.00 p.m. tend to have memory problems caused by mood, sleepy, and poor concentration, particularly for student who had studied since morning. This research was made to find the effect of brain exercise to first-grade of nursing students’ memory at Adventits University of Indonesia. The research method used for this study was Pre-experiment method with One Group Pre-Test and Post-Test Design. A sample of 20 first-grade nursing students contributed to this study that were chosen by purposive sampling method. Brain exercise had been done approximately 10 minutes per day for five days. The researcher used digit span digit forward and backward, a laptop and LCD, stationery, a recorder, and earphones as instruments. Average score of digit span before brain exercise was 9.05 and after exercise was 10. There was no insignificant effect before and after brain exercise to first-grade nursing students’ at Adventits University of Indonesia. Brain exercise is recommended as one of therapy method to increase memory. This research is expected to be an input for Dean of Nursing Faculty to implement brain exercise for student in increasing their memory and for research field as input for further study about the effect of brain exercise to overcome students’ dismay and stress.