Outcome of Nurse-led Educational Training Programme on the Knowledge and Practice of Basic Life Support among Senior Secondary School Students in Obubra, Cross River State, Nigeria
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2018-06
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Institute of Education, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Abstract
Cardiac arrest is a medical emergency which. can be effectively managed if
cardiopu.lmonary resuscitation is commenced promptly. This study aimed at
assessing the outcome of nurse-led educational training program on the
knowledge and practice of basic life support among senior secondary school
students in Obubra, Cross River State, Nigeria. The study adopted pre-post
quasi-experimental design and stratified random sampling technique to select
200 respondents for the study. Data were collected with structured questionnaire.
The result revealed that the knowledge level of the students increased
significantly after the training,' there was an improvement in the students'
. attitude to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after the exposure to the
training and showed competence in demonstrating CPR procedures after
training. It is recommended that the teaching o/CPR should be incorporated into
the Nigerian secondary schools' Biology, and General Science curricula without
delay.
Outcome, Basic life support (BLS), Nurse-led, Knowledge, Practice,
Training
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https://ui-edu-ng.academia.edu/departments/international_centre_for_educational_evaluation_institute_of_education/documents.
Keywords
Outcome, Basic life support (BLS), Nurse-led, Knowledge, Practice, Training