Knowledge And Skills Of Nursing Scholars On Basic Life Support
International Journal of Development Research
Knowledge And Skills Of Nursing Scholars On Basic Life Support
Received 25th April, 2018 Received in revised form 10th May, 2018 Accepted 06th June, 2018 Published online 30th July, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Maria Girlane Sousa Albuquerque Brandão et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
To evaluate the theoretical knowledge and skills of nursing interns on cardiopulmonary arrest.A descriptive study has been performed with 28 nursing students from a public institution in the north of Ceará. To collect data, a questionnaire has been applied with 24 objective questions about basic life support and simulated cardiorespiratory arrest situation. In the data analysis, descriptive statistics and binomial testing were used. Academic skills deficit was evidenced especially in the depth (p = <0,000) and correct speed (p = <0,000) of the compressions. This University needs to provide a higher level of knowledge and skills in order to improve undergraduate nursing students in emergency procedures such as chest compressions.
