Cardiopulmonary resusitation knowledge and self-perceived degree of readiness
Section: Healthcare Management
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Medina Hernando B, Martínez Ávila MS. Conocimientos y capacitación autopercibida para la reanimación cardiopulmonar (rcp). Metas Enferm 2013; 16(2):12-17.
Authors
Belén Medina Hernando, Mª Soledad Martínez Ávila
Position
Enfermera, UCI de Trauma y Emergencias, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid.
Contact address
Belén Medina Hernando. C/ Fuerte de Navidad, 3- esc. 3, 1º C. 28044 Madrid.
Contact email: belen.medina.h@gmail.com
Abstract
Purpose: Evaluate the degree of knowledge nursing professionals possess regarding the CPR protocol and identify the subjective degree of readiness and self-perceived need for training thereof.
Method: Descriptive, cross-sectional study in three areas of nursing practice: primary care (A) (Districts 6 & 7), general hospitalization (B) and intensive care units (C) (“12 de Octubre" University Hospital) in March 2012 in the Autonomous Community of Madrid. For data collection, a questionnaire on knowledge, subjective degree of readiness and need for training in CPR was used, having been prepared according to the 2010 recommendations of the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) and the American Heart Association (AHA).
Results: The sample was comprised of 105 nursing professionals, 35 from each one of the three fields of the study. The PC nursing personnel answered 51.7% of the questions correctly, the hospital nurses, 58.9% and the ICU nurses, 69.1%. A total of 26% of the most experienced nursing professionals (> 25 years) and 11% of those who were less experienced (< 5 years) answered less than 4 questions correctly. The nursing personal possessing 5-15 years of professional experience were those showing the greatest degree of knowledge, 62% thereof having answered more than 6 questions correctly. A total of 62.9% of PC nurses, 54.3% of hospital nurses and 25.7% of ICU nurses considered themselves not very well prepared to perform CPR. A total of 71.4% of the PC nurses, 94.3% of the hospital nurses and 91.4% of the ICU nurses considered continuing training to be highly important.
Conclusions: Nurses do not possess sufficient knowledge and do not consider themselves to ill-prepared for performing CPR, differences existing depending on the unit where these nursing professionals work. An improvement in undergraduate and graduate nursing training in CPR is considered necessary.
Method: Descriptive, cross-sectional study in three areas of nursing practice: primary care (A) (Districts 6 & 7), general hospitalization (B) and intensive care units (C) (“12 de Octubre" University Hospital) in March 2012 in the Autonomous Community of Madrid. For data collection, a questionnaire on knowledge, subjective degree of readiness and need for training in CPR was used, having been prepared according to the 2010 recommendations of the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) and the American Heart Association (AHA).
Results: The sample was comprised of 105 nursing professionals, 35 from each one of the three fields of the study. The PC nursing personnel answered 51.7% of the questions correctly, the hospital nurses, 58.9% and the ICU nurses, 69.1%. A total of 26% of the most experienced nursing professionals (> 25 years) and 11% of those who were less experienced (< 5 years) answered less than 4 questions correctly. The nursing personal possessing 5-15 years of professional experience were those showing the greatest degree of knowledge, 62% thereof having answered more than 6 questions correctly. A total of 62.9% of PC nurses, 54.3% of hospital nurses and 25.7% of ICU nurses considered themselves not very well prepared to perform CPR. A total of 71.4% of the PC nurses, 94.3% of the hospital nurses and 91.4% of the ICU nurses considered continuing training to be highly important.
Conclusions: Nurses do not possess sufficient knowledge and do not consider themselves to ill-prepared for performing CPR, differences existing depending on the unit where these nursing professionals work. An improvement in undergraduate and graduate nursing training in CPR is considered necessary.
Keywords:
cardiopulmonary resuscitation; cardiorespiratory arrest; continuing trainingemergencies
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Conocimientos y capacitación autopercibida para la reanimación cardiopulmonar
