Theoretical Knowledge on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation among Student Nurses at School of Nursing Lafia, Nigeria
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26463/rjns.14_2_6Keywords:
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Lafia, School of Nursing, Student nurses, Theoretical knowledgeAbstract
Background and Aim: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can be defined as a life-saving emergency procedure that involves breathing for the victim and applying external chest compressions to make the heart pump. CPR has become a life-saving technique, and is no longer limited to health related professionals, which can be effective to decrease the mortality and morbidity in many medical emergencies such as heart attack, suffocation and other conditions where the circulatory collapse occurs. Sudden cardiac death can be attributed to 15%-20% of all the deaths worldwide. The objectives of this study were to assess the theoretical knowledge on cardiopulmonary resuscitation among nursing students and to determine the association between the level of theoretical knowledge regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the selected socio-demographic variables.
Methods: Convenient sampling technique was used to select the sample. Data were collected using a modified structured knowledge questionnaire administered to 50 student nurses. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics with the aid of IBM SPSS Statistics for version 23.0.
Results: The results showed that the age range of the majority of the respondents was between 18-20 years [25 (50%)]. Majority of the respondents, 45 (90.0%) had adequate knowledge, 5 (10%) had moderate knowledge, while only one respondent (2.0%) had inadequate theoretical knowledge on cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Thus the H0:1 hypothesis was rejected while H1:1 hypothesis was accepted. There was no statistically significant association noted between their level of theoretical knowledge regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the selected socio-demographic variables (age, gender, marital status, religion, level of study, and previous knowledge of CPR). Hence the H1:2 hypothesis was rejected while H0:2 hypothesis was accepted.
Conclusion: Majority of the respondents had adequate theoretical knowledge regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and no statistically significant association between their level of theoretical knowledge regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the selected socio-demographic variables was noted.
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