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CPR Training for Nurses: How often Is It Necessary?

BACKGROUND: The ability to respond quickly and effectively to a cardiac arrest situation rests on nurses being competent, prepared and up-to-date in the emergency life-saving procedure of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This study aimed to determine the extent to which nurses acquire and retain...

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Autores principales: Mokhtari Nori, J, Saghafinia, M, Kalantar Motamedi, M H, Khademol Hosseini, S M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3372042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22737563
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author Mokhtari Nori, J
Saghafinia, M
Kalantar Motamedi, M H
Khademol Hosseini, S M
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description BACKGROUND: The ability to respond quickly and effectively to a cardiac arrest situation rests on nurses being competent, prepared and up-to-date in the emergency life-saving procedure of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This study aimed to determine the extent to which nurses acquire and retain CPR cognitive knowledge and psychomotor skills following CPR training courses. METHODS: A quasi-experiment was used. CPR knowledge of 112 nurses was assessed via a questionnaire using valid multiple-choice questions. An observatory standard checklist was used and CPR performance on manikins was evaluated to assess psychomotor skills (before the course baseline, after the course, after 10 weeks and then 2 years after the 4 hours CPR training course). Scores were based on a scale of 1 to 20. RESULTS: A mean baseline score of 10.67 (SD=3.06), a mean score of 17.81 (SD=1.41) after the course, 15.26 (SD=3.17) 10 weeks after and 12.86 (SD=2.25), 2 years after the 4 hours CPR training course was noticed. Acquisition of knowledge and psychomotor skills of the nurses following a four-hour training program was significant. However, significant deterioration in both CPR knowledge and psychomotor skills was observed 2 years after the training program among 42 nurses. CONCLUSION: The study findings present strong evidence to support the critical role of repetitive periodic CPR training courses to ensure that nurses were competent, up to date and confident responders in the event of a cardiac arrest.
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spelling pubmed-33720422012-06-21 CPR Training for Nurses: How often Is It Necessary? Mokhtari Nori, J Saghafinia, M Kalantar Motamedi, M H Khademol Hosseini, S M Iran Red Crescent Med J Short Communication BACKGROUND: The ability to respond quickly and effectively to a cardiac arrest situation rests on nurses being competent, prepared and up-to-date in the emergency life-saving procedure of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This study aimed to determine the extent to which nurses acquire and retain CPR cognitive knowledge and psychomotor skills following CPR training courses. METHODS: A quasi-experiment was used. CPR knowledge of 112 nurses was assessed via a questionnaire using valid multiple-choice questions. An observatory standard checklist was used and CPR performance on manikins was evaluated to assess psychomotor skills (before the course baseline, after the course, after 10 weeks and then 2 years after the 4 hours CPR training course). Scores were based on a scale of 1 to 20. RESULTS: A mean baseline score of 10.67 (SD=3.06), a mean score of 17.81 (SD=1.41) after the course, 15.26 (SD=3.17) 10 weeks after and 12.86 (SD=2.25), 2 years after the 4 hours CPR training course was noticed. Acquisition of knowledge and psychomotor skills of the nurses following a four-hour training program was significant. However, significant deterioration in both CPR knowledge and psychomotor skills was observed 2 years after the training program among 42 nurses. CONCLUSION: The study findings present strong evidence to support the critical role of repetitive periodic CPR training courses to ensure that nurses were competent, up to date and confident responders in the event of a cardiac arrest. Kowsar 2012-02 2012-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3372042/ /pubmed/22737563 Text en Copyright © 2012, Kowsar Corp. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Saghafinia, M
Kalantar Motamedi, M H
Khademol Hosseini, S M
CPR Training for Nurses: How often Is It Necessary?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3372042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22737563
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