Comparative Study to Assess the Level of Knowledge among Staff Nurses Working in Critical Care and general Area Regarding Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation

With a view to compare the level of knowledge among staff nurses working in critical care and general area regarding Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), a cross sectional comparative approach was undertaken on 100 staff nurses. Convenience sampling technique was used in selecting 50 critical care and 50 general area staff nurses. A closed ended questionnaire was administered to compare the level of knowledge regarding CPR. Fisher's exact test was used to compare the baseline socio demographic profile of subjects of two groups. Student's t test was used to compare the mean scores of both the groups. It was also found that there was no significant difference between two groups regarding knowledge of CPR (p = 0.728), and most of the nurses had average knowledge (15–21) regarding CPR.