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Effectiveness of an Educational Program on Nurses Knowledge Concerning Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation at lmam Hussein Medical City in Holy Kerbala ' a Governorate
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Eubayd, Ali S. Ahmed, Sabah Abass |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | Objective(s): The present study aims todetermine the effectiveness of an educational program of cardiopulmonary resuscitation on nurses' knowledge at Imam Hussein Medical City in holy kerbala’a governorate.Methodology:A quantitative approach using quasi-experimental design (two-group pre-test-posttest design) has been conducted in this study to determine the effectiveness of an educational program on nurses knowledge concerning cardiopulmonary resuscitation with application of pre and posttest approach for the study group and control group to evaluate their knowledge during the period of 10 st of January, 2017 till 25 th of May, 2017. The present study is carried out at Imam Hussein Medical City in Holy Kerbala'a Governorate. Non-probability (purposive) sample of (70) nurses were selected. They are selected from (421) nurses who are working at medical and surgical department at the medical city. A self-report instrument is constructed for the purpose of the study. It is consisted of two parts; the first is the demographic data which is consisted of (6) items and the second is divided to five parts, nurses' knowledge concerning cardiovascular system anatomy and cardiac electrical activity (5) items, nurses knowledge concerning respiratory system anatomy (6) items, nurses knowledge about cardiopulmonary resuscitation (19) items, nurses knowledge related to D.C shock using (2) items and nurses knowledge about drugs used during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (2) items. Validity and reliability of the instrument is determined through pilot study. Data collection is initiatedduring the period from 19 th of February to 30 th of August, 2017in order to assessthe effectiveness of an educational program of cardiopulmonary resuscitation on nurses' knowledge. Data are analyzed through the use of SPSS (Statistical package for Social Sciences) version 20.0 application statistical analysis system and excel application. Descriptive and inferential statistical data analysis approaches are employed.Results:Results of data analysis depicted that participants are severely affected by the educational program of CPR.Conclusion: The study concludes that the educational program concerning cardiopulmonary resuscitation was effective for the study group, where the mean of the pretest responses was 17.03, while for the posttest answers was 33.63 and p-value = 0.001. |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jnhs/papers/vol6-issue4/Version-4/K0604047175.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
