Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Καρδιοαναπνευστική ΑναζωογόνησηLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Author:
Tzianopoulou Evangelia
Supervisors info:
Ιακωβίδου Νικολέτα, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, Ιατρική Σχολή, Ε.Κ.Π.Α.
Ξάνθος Θεόδωρος, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, Ευρωπαϊκό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου
Κουσκούνη Ευαγγελία, Ομότιμη Καθηγήτρια, Ιατρική Σχολή, Ε.Κ.Π.Α.
Original Title:
Αξιολόγηση του επιπέδου γνώσεων του νοσηλευτικού προσωπικού στην καρδιοαναπνευστική αναζωογόνηση σε εγκύους
Translated title:
Evaluation of nursing staff's level of knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pregnant women
Summary:
Background: Cardiac arrest is one of the commonest causes of death in adults. However, cardiac arrest in pregnancy may not be a frequent medical event, but it is urgent and needs appropriate treatment. The best results can be achieved with the successful resuscitation of the mother for both the mother and the fetus. Initial resuscitation efforts should be focused on the pregnant woman because the survival of the fetus is usually dependent on the mother's survival.
Aim: The purpose of this study is to assess the level of knowledge of the nursing stuff in CPR during pregnancy and investigate its association with demographic and other factors.
Material and Method: The collection of data was a questionnaire that included questions and completed from the nursing staff of 11 hospitals. The sample consisted of 140 questionnaires.
Results: Correlations were made between the demographic characteristics of the respondents and the responses they gave by expressing their aspects not only about their knowledge, but also about education and information on CPR and the percentage of the right responses. Through these correlation were found statistically significant relevance between the percentage of correct responses and the following characteristics: attending a Basic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation seminar (p = 0.011), if they have applied CPR in real conditions (p = 0.049), if they believe that they have the knowledge to carry out CPR in a pregnant woman (p = 0.035), if they were able to take the responsibility to carry out CPR in a pregnant patient (p = 0.031), if they believe that continuing education and information on CPR in pregnant patients is necessary (p = 0.028) and if they believe that there should be more research on the CPR during pregnancy (p = 0,003).
Conclusions: In conclusion, this research highlights the inability of nursing staff to have knowledge of the CPR in pregnant women, but also in the Basic-CPR. Due to both incomplete individual responsibility of staff for information and learning, as well as to the inability of hospitals to set up continuing training programs for nursing staff for the CPR. It is important for the nursing staff to have knowledge of carrying out cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pregnant women, which can be obtained through specialized seminars combining the theoretical background with practice.
Key words: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Nursing staff, CPR in pregnancy, Cardiac arrest in pregnancy, Emergency nursing, Nursing education
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Nursing staff, CPR in pregnancy, Cardiac arrest in pregnancy, Emergency nursing, Nursing education
Number of references:
159
