Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Knowledge and Attitude among Pediatric Ward Nurses in Governmental West Bank Hospital 2018. a Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

Supervisor

Mr. Fady Zaben

Abstract

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is a series of process, which helps circulate blood artificially, delay the damage of the brain by helping breathing, and make the heart recover from paralysis state.

Our study aims to assess the pediatric nurse's knowledge and attitude on Pediatric (CPR) in pediatric ward in west bank governmental hospitals.

The objectives of this research paper is to assess the knowledge and attitude, and to identify association between the knowledge of pediatric nurses regarding to CPR with selected variables.

The method used is descriptive Cross-sectional design. Simple random sampling has been used to conduct questionnaire to pediatric nurses.

 This Study showed that pediatric nurse's knowledge in CPR is above average 9.02. In addition, there were no statistical significant differences (p value > 0.05) between variables and level of participants’ CPR knowledge except in work place variable (p= 0.025). Moreover, the majority of pediatric ward department had positive attitudes.

In conclusion, depending on findings of the study, pediatric nurses have an average knowledge about CPR guideline.