DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2020.v08i04.009

Pages: 226-231

A descriptive cross-sectional design study was conducted at Al-Basra teaching hospital, starting from November 24th, 2019 to January 11th, 2020. The study aims to assess the nurses' knowledge about cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and to find out the relationship between knowledge of the nurses and their demographic variables (gender, age group, Academic qualification, Years of work experience and formal training). A non-probability (purposive) sample of (40) nurses, those who were working in the coronary care unit, intensive care unit, and emergency units. Data were collected through a questionnaire, and it consists of two parts, Part 1 Included (8) items and Part 2 (40) items. Data collected by means of structured self-report techniques with the subjects. The findings revealed that the majority of nurses had poor knowledge about cardiopulmonary resuscitation. There is a significant association between the nurse’s knowledge and academic qualification at p-value 0.05 and there was no significant association between the nurse’s knowledge and their gender, age group, Years of work experience, and formal training. The study concluded that the majority of the study sample is female; Most of the study sample has poor knowledge about cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The study recommended programs training about cardiopulmonary resuscitation with a larger sample size to determine the effectiveness of CPR training on nurse's CPR knowledge.