Considering the Effect of Re-training Course of Cardio pulmonary Resuscitation on Nurse's Awareness and Skill Levels of the Most Recent Changes in CPCR Protocol

Cardiopulmonary resuscitati-on instructions have been changed over theseveral past years to achieve better resultsandawarenessof these variations is necessary for nurses to for quick and effective response when cardiopulmonary arrest occur. So, the goal of this study is determining the effect of basic Card-iopulmonary resuscitation (CPCR) retrai-ning on nurses’ awareness and skills stab-ilization of the most recent changes in CPCR instructions. This is a one-group quasi-experimental study conducted in pre and post method. CPCR awareness me-asurement was conducted with valid multiple option questions (MCQ- test) ba-sed on the recent CPCR variations and psycho-motor skills were measured through a visual checklist observing CPCR function on amodel in three processes (before retraining, immediately after retraining and 10 weeks after retraining). Data was ana-lyzed by the SPSS software through paired t- test statistical test. Results showed that a significant difference was found between the mean score of the nurses’ awareness and skill in the pretest and posttest (P= 000). On the average, the subjects’ awareness and skill scores were 4.394 29.94 on the pretest, 4.585 35.53 on the posttest and 2.216 33.11 on the retest. Results indicated the nurse awareness and skill acquisition from the most recent CPCR variations following a 4 hours program of practical and theoretical training. Discussion & The findings of this study can be a reason to support the important role of training to improve the nurses’ awareness and skills levels of the most recent CPCR variations and then assured authority and helping in cardio-pulmonary recovery particularly in cardio–reciprocal emergency events.