A Cross-International Study to Evaluate Knowledge and Attitudes Related to Basic Life Support among Undergraduate Nursing Students—A Questionnaire Study

Katarzyna Kwiecień-Jaguś, Wioletta Mędrzycka-Dąbrowska, Nijolė Galdikienė, Gemma Via Clavero and Monika Kopeć
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Katarzyna Kwiecień-Jaguś: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Nursing, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-210 Gdańsk, Poland
Wioletta Mędrzycka-Dąbrowska: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Nursing, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-210 Gdańsk, Poland
Nijolė Galdikienė: Department of Strategig Development, Klaipėda State University of Applied Sciences, 91274 Klaipėda, Lithuania
Gemma Via Clavero: Department of Fundamental Care and Medical-Surgical Nursing, University of Barcelona, 08007 Barcelona, Spain
Monika Kopeć: Department of Human Nutrition, University of Warmia and Mazury, 10-718 Olsztyn, Poland

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 11, 1-11

Abstract: Practicing the algorithms of basic life support (BLS) is essential in order to take adequate measures to save lives, and future nursing staff should be advanced when it comes to performing lifesaving activities. The purpose of the study was to analyse the theoretical and practical knowledge of nursing students (within the undergraduate course) with regards to the basic life support (BLS). The study has a prospective, comparative and descriptive nature. Three countries that educate nursing students within the undergraduate course participated in the project. Data was collected with the use of a questionnaire based on the guidelines of the European Resuscitation Council (ERC 2015). The study was carried out among a total of 748 respondents from three countries: Poland ( n = 189, 25.3%), Lithuania ( n = 500, 66.8%) and Spain ( n = 59; 7.9%). The average age of respondents was 23.41 (SD ± 5.90). The average score obtained by the respondents who answered the questions was 11.13 with a standard deviation of SD ± 2.29. The conducted study revealed that a substantial number of the respondents who participated in the study obtained an average result concerning theoretical and practical knowledge of BLS. It was also confirmed that the additional education in the form of first aid training courses has a major impact on improving the levels of knowledge among the students in each of the analysed country.

Keywords: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); nurse education; nursing students; European Resuscitation Council (ERC) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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