Nurses students’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation at Shendi nursing college 2025

Abstract

Cardiac arrest denotes the abrupt halting of the heart's mechanical operations, leading to a total cessation of blood circulation. This stoppage prevents blood from reaching crucial organs, starving them of oxygen, and, if not addressed, results in death. Sudden cardiac arrest is characterized by the unforeseen interruption of circulation shortly after symptoms emerge, regarded as a significant public health issue expected to account for 15–20% of all fatalities. This research aimed to evaluate the khowledge, attitude , and practices concerning cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) among nursing students in Shendi nursing college. Methods: An exploratory descriptive cross-sectional analytical study was conducted at Shandi University Faculty of Nursing. A convenience sampling approach was employed for participant selection. A questionnaire was distributed via Google Forms to collect data. The information gathered was organized and coded, employing descriptive statistics to illustrate frequency and percentages, and a chi-square test was utilized to examine associations between sociodemographic characteristics and knowledge, attitudes, and practices with a significance level indicated by the p-value.

Results:  100 nurses students participated in the study, the participants showed good knowledge attitude and practice where their mean knowledge, attitude and practice were 

1.0   1.98,   1.21, .141,    .409   .000 consecutively and P value for all .000

Conclusion and recommendation:

The findings of the study showed that .Nurses students of college of nursing at Shendi nursing students, this study showed good knowledge attitude and practice regard (CPR).

 Also showed significant association between their knowledge attitude and practice with their demographic data. Researcher suggest that When appointing any nurse, decision makers must establish a training program to qualify them to be efficient in emergency and intensive care departments, in order to consolidate their knowledge.in clinical area .