Effectiveness of an Educational Program on Nurses Practice Concerning Adult Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation in Talafar General Hospital

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of an educational program on nurses practices concerning Adult Cardio- Pulmonary Resuscitation in Talafar general hospital Methodology: An experimental study was carried out at Talafar general hospital between the 1st October to 1st February 2014. The prog...

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Main Authors: Hakemia S. Hassan, Ihsan H. Zainel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Kufa, Faculty of Nursing 2014-08-01
Series:Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences
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Online Access:https://journal.uokufa.edu.iq/index.php/kjns/article/view/2557
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Summary:Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of an educational program on nurses practices concerning Adult Cardio- Pulmonary Resuscitation in Talafar general hospital Methodology: An experimental study was carried out at Talafar general hospital between the 1st October to 1st February 2014. The program and instruments were constructed by the researcher for the purpose of the study. Random sample comprised of (80) nurses was divided into two groups, experimental group consisted of (40) nurses exposed to the nursing educational program and control group consisted of (40) nurses were not exposed to the program. The measurement of effectiveness of nursing educational program through the practice checklist includes (37) items concerning Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation. Reliability of instrument was determined through the use of test and retest and the instrument validity was determined through a panel of experts. The analysis of the data was used descriptive statistics (frequencies, percentages, weighted and the arithmetic mean and standard deviation) and statistical inferential (sufficiently relative test, Fisher test, chi square and Levin test) In order to find the differences between the experimental group and the control group Results: The study findings indicated that there were highly significant differences between pre and post tests in the experimental group in overall main domains related to nurses' practice Conclusion: The study concluded that the effectiveness of educational program regarding nurses' practice concerning the adult cardio-pulmonary resuscitation is a positive and clear Recommendation: An intensive comprehensive wide population based education program was conducted to support nurse's practice toward adult cardio-pulmonary resuscitation
ISSN:2223-4055
2521-8638