Nursing knowledge of and attitude in cardiopulmonary arrest: cross-sectional survey analysis

Background Nurses are often the first to activate the chain of survival when a cardiorespiratory arrest happens. That is why it is crucial that they keep their knowledge and skills up-to-date and their attitudes to resuscitation are very important. The main aim of this study was to analyse whether t...

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Authors: Tíscar González, Verónica, Blanco Blanco, Joan, Gea Sánchez, Montserrat, Rodriguez-Molinuevo, Ascensión, Moreno-Casbas, Maria Teresa
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Publication Date:2019
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Keyword:Attitudes
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Ethics
Healthcare training
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spelling Nursing knowledge of and attitude in cardiopulmonary arrest: cross-sectional survey analysisTíscar González, VerónicaBlanco Blanco, JoanGea Sánchez, MontserratRodriguez-Molinuevo, AscensiónMoreno-Casbas, Maria TeresaAttitudesCardiopulmonary resuscitationEthicsHealthcare trainingBackground Nurses are often the first to activate the chain of survival when a cardiorespiratory arrest happens. That is why it is crucial that they keep their knowledge and skills up-to-date and their attitudes to resuscitation are very important. The main aim of this study was to analyse whether the level of theoretical and practical understanding affected the attitudes of nursing staff. Methods A questionnaire was designed using the Delphi technique (three rounds). The questionnaire was adjusted and it was piloted on a test-retest basis with a convenience sample of 30 registered nurses. The psychometric characteristics were evaluated using a sample of 347 nurses using Cronbach’s alpha. Descriptive analysis was performed to describe the sociodemographic variables and Spearman’s correlation coefficient to assess the relationship between two scale variables. Pearson’s chi-squared test has been used to study the relationship between two categorical variables. Wilcoxon Mann Whitney test and the Kruskal–Wallis test were performed to establish relationships between the demographic/work related characteristics and the level of understanding. Results The Knowledge and Attitude of Nurses in the Event of a Cardiorespiratory Arrest (CAEPCR) questionnaire comprised three sections: sociodemographic information, theoretical and practical understanding, and attitudes of ethical issues. Cronbach’s alpha for the internal consistency of the attitudes questionnaire was 0.621. The knowledge that nurses self-reported with regard to cardiopulmonary arrest directly affected their attitudes. Their responses raised a number of bioethical issues. Conclusions CAEPCR questionnaire is the first one which successfully linked knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation to the attitudes towards ethical issues Health policies should ensure that CPR training is mandatory for nurses and all healthcare workers, and this training should include the ethical aspects.This work was partially funded by the OSI Bilbao-Basurto (Osakidetza). There was no additional external funding received for this study. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish,or preparation of the manuscript.PeerJ2019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6410http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/65934reponame:Repositori Obert UdL instname:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)InglésReproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6410PeerJ, 2019, vol. 7, núm. e6410, p. 1-18cc-by (c) Verónica Tíscar et al., 2019info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/659342026-06-24T12:42:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Nursing knowledge of and attitude in cardiopulmonary arrest: cross-sectional survey analysis
title Nursing knowledge of and attitude in cardiopulmonary arrest: cross-sectional survey analysis
spellingShingle Nursing knowledge of and attitude in cardiopulmonary arrest: cross-sectional survey analysis
Tíscar González, Verónica
Attitudes
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Ethics
Healthcare training
title_short Nursing knowledge of and attitude in cardiopulmonary arrest: cross-sectional survey analysis
title_full Nursing knowledge of and attitude in cardiopulmonary arrest: cross-sectional survey analysis
title_fullStr Nursing knowledge of and attitude in cardiopulmonary arrest: cross-sectional survey analysis
title_full_unstemmed Nursing knowledge of and attitude in cardiopulmonary arrest: cross-sectional survey analysis
title_sort Nursing knowledge of and attitude in cardiopulmonary arrest: cross-sectional survey analysis
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tíscar González, Verónica
Blanco Blanco, Joan
Gea Sánchez, Montserrat
Rodriguez-Molinuevo, Ascensión
Moreno-Casbas, Maria Teresa
author Tíscar González, Verónica
author_facet Tíscar González, Verónica
Blanco Blanco, Joan
Gea Sánchez, Montserrat
Rodriguez-Molinuevo, Ascensión
Moreno-Casbas, Maria Teresa
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author2 Blanco Blanco, Joan
Gea Sánchez, Montserrat
Rodriguez-Molinuevo, Ascensión
Moreno-Casbas, Maria Teresa
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author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Attitudes
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Ethics
Healthcare training
topic Attitudes
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Ethics
Healthcare training
description Background Nurses are often the first to activate the chain of survival when a cardiorespiratory arrest happens. That is why it is crucial that they keep their knowledge and skills up-to-date and their attitudes to resuscitation are very important. The main aim of this study was to analyse whether the level of theoretical and practical understanding affected the attitudes of nursing staff. Methods A questionnaire was designed using the Delphi technique (three rounds). The questionnaire was adjusted and it was piloted on a test-retest basis with a convenience sample of 30 registered nurses. The psychometric characteristics were evaluated using a sample of 347 nurses using Cronbach’s alpha. Descriptive analysis was performed to describe the sociodemographic variables and Spearman’s correlation coefficient to assess the relationship between two scale variables. Pearson’s chi-squared test has been used to study the relationship between two categorical variables. Wilcoxon Mann Whitney test and the Kruskal–Wallis test were performed to establish relationships between the demographic/work related characteristics and the level of understanding. Results The Knowledge and Attitude of Nurses in the Event of a Cardiorespiratory Arrest (CAEPCR) questionnaire comprised three sections: sociodemographic information, theoretical and practical understanding, and attitudes of ethical issues. Cronbach’s alpha for the internal consistency of the attitudes questionnaire was 0.621. The knowledge that nurses self-reported with regard to cardiopulmonary arrest directly affected their attitudes. Their responses raised a number of bioethical issues. Conclusions CAEPCR questionnaire is the first one which successfully linked knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation to the attitudes towards ethical issues Health policies should ensure that CPR training is mandatory for nurses and all healthcare workers, and this training should include the ethical aspects.
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