Knowledge of Nurses Towards Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in a
Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Nepal
Published: December 1, 2011 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2011/.1720
Sita Parajulee, Valarmathi Selvaraj
1. MSc (Nursing), Nursing program,
College of Medical Sciences,
Bharatpur, Nepal
2. MSc (Nursing), MSc (Psy)
Nursing program,
College of Medical Sciences,
Bharatpur, Nepal
PLACE OF STUDY:
1. College of Medical Sciences,
Bharatpur, Nepal
2. College of Medical Sciences,
Bharatpur, Nepal
Correspondence
Valarmathi Selvaraj MSc (Nursing), MSc (Psy)
Lecturer, Nursing program
College of Medical Sciences
Bharatpur, Nepal.
Phone: 00977-9816265311
E-mail: valarmathisubish@gmail.com
Background: Nurses are knowledgeable in handling patients with life threatening conditions and hence are expected to be knowledgeable in performing cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques.
Aims: To assess the knowledge of nurses towards CPR and to study the association between the nurses knowledge scores and selected demographic variables.
Settings and Design: A questionnaire-based, cross sectional study was performed at the College of Medical Sciences-Teaching Hospital, Bharatpur, Nepal, among the nurses who were working in the hospital during October, 2010.
Methods and Materials: A self-developed questionnaire containing 21 questions was distributed to the nurses and the filled questionnaires were analyzed as per the study objectives. A correct response was given a score of ‘1’ and the wrong responses were given a score of ‘0’.
Statistical Analysis Used: Descriptive statistics was used to calculate the mean and the standard deviation and the Kurskal- Wallis test was used to compare the mean scores of the respondents with their demographic variables.
Results: Among the total 175 nurses, 70 of them responded with a response rate of 40%. The mean ± SD age of the respondents was 22.07 ± 2.30 years and their mean ± SD duration of experience was 11.45 ± 2.67 months. The worksites of the respondents varied and there were more than 15 different sites. A relatively high number (n = 8; 11.43%) of the respondents were from the Department of Medicine. The mean± SD of the overall total knowledge scores was 11.45 ± 2.67 (the maximum possible score was 21). There was no significant association between the total scores and age (p = 0.823) and the duration of experience (p = 0.239). However, there was an association between the worksites and the total scores (p = 0.013).
Conclusions: In general, the knowledge of the nurses was found to be low, thus suggesting a need for educational interventions.
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