Knowledge and attitude towards willingness to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation among undergraduate nursing students in School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a critical component of basic life support (BLS) and the established first-line of response to a cardiac arrest in the interim before defibrillation and advance life support (ALS) are performed. Evidence suggests that CPR knowledge and skills are poorly reta...
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| Format: | Monograph |
| Language: | English |
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
2013
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/58906/1/WONG%20SIEW%20PING%20-%20e.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/58906/ |
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| Summary: | Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a critical component of basic life support (BLS)
and the established first-line of response to a cardiac arrest in the interim before
defibrillation and advance life support (ALS) are performed. Evidence suggests that
CPR knowledge and skills are poorly retained across health care professionals,
including nursing students. This is a cross-sectional, descriptive study. This study was
designed to provide an understanding of nursing students' knowledge, attitude and
willingness to CPR. A purposive sample of 96 undergraduate nursing students from the
Nursing Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia participated
in this study during December 2012 to February 2013. Questionnaires were used to
gather the data. Descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one way ANOVA, and Pearson
correlation coefficients with SPSS version 20.0 were used for data analysis. The results
show that the mean score for knowledge regarding CPR was 10.84 of a total possible
score of 20 and for attitude, 30.41 of a total possible score of 50. There was no
correlation between age with CPR knowledge and attitude towards willingness to
perform CPR. There was no correlation between gender and attitude towards
willingness to perform CPR. However, there was positive correlation between gender
and knowledge regarding CPR. In conclusion, in order to develop positive attitudes in
nursing students towards the performance of CPR, we need to strengthen education
related to CPR and create effective education programs which are focused particularly
on practical training for the students. |
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