Elite athletes and military units have access to tools and resources to help them understand their stress and how to recover from it, in order to get longevity in their career.
Arena Labs began placing physiology sensors on frontline staff in our partner hospitals for three key reasons:
At a Level 1 Trauma Center, Arena Labs deployed sensors to 20 Nurse Managers over the course of six weeks. All Nurse Managers were given an Introduction to Stress and Performance on Day One, and provided with a sensor. All participants wore the sensor 24 hours per day, and answered a daily questionnaire about how stressful their day was and how much they felt they were able to cope with that stress.
At the midway point, Arena Labs ran a 3-hour workshop to introduce and train three key performance tools:
The higher heart rate response to a low, or more negative, DRES score is clear during work days and during the associated night’s sleep.
Nurse Managers experienced lower heart rate during both daytime and sleep in cases of exercise for 4+ days of the total 15.