A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of a Training Programme on Basic Life Support among Nursing Students in Selected Nursing Colleges of Jaipur Rajasthan

Abstract

Introduction : Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation and Basic Life Support are critical ilife-saving, ifirst-aid iskills. iCPR is an iemergency iprocedure that is iconducted in an effort to physically retain integrity of ibrain ifunction until additional steps ican ibe itaken to irestore spontaneous blood icirculation and ibreathing in the individual iwho iis iexperiencing ithe cardiac arrest. It entails applying pressure to the chest and using a machine to breathe for you. When a patient's airways are kept open and breathing and circulation are supported without any additional technology, it is known as basic life support (BLS). Methodology : A Quantitative research approach was used for the study. In this study research design one group pretest post test experimental design was used.  The study was conducted in selected colleges at jaipur rajasthan. Random   sampling Technique was used to select the study subjects. Data was collected from three nursing colleges of 250 nursing students were taken as samples by using Demographic Questionnaire and knowledge Questionnaire  based on basic life support  were used. Results : The results show that the mean knowledge from post-test is higher  96.86% as compared to mean knowledge of pre-test score values by around 47.97%. The difference in the ipre and ipost-test knowledge iscore iwith istatistical p-value defines significant at 5% level (p<0.05). Above table also ishows that the effectiveness of PPT based video assisted training programme. Conclusions : The significant improvement in knowledge score regarding basic life support among nursing istudents iin iselected nursing colleges of Jaipur, Rajasthan can be attributed to the awareness programme conducted between pretest and posttest knowledge assessment.  Hence it can be concluded that the awareness programme was effective in improving the knowledge score of the nursing students regarding effectiveness iof training programme on Basic Life Support.