Factors Affecting Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Practice Among Nurses in Mizan Tepi University Teaching Hospital, Tepi General Hospital, and Gebretsadik Shawo Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia.

BACKGROUND

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is one of the basic lifesaving medical procedures which is performed for a patient with an emergency such as cardiac arrest, suffocation, near-dying, or circumstance that results in cardiac or pulmonary failure or both.

OBJECTIVE

To assess factors affecting the practice of cardiopulmonary resuscitation among nurses at Mizan Tepi University Teaching Hospital, Tepi General Hospital, and Gebretsadik Shawo Hospital.

METHODS

Institution-based cross-sectional study which was supported by qualitative data conducted from March 20 to April 20, 2021. Nurses who answered ≥7 CPR practice questions correctly were considered to have good practice. Data were entered into EpiData version 4.4 and exported to SPSS version 23 for data analysis. A multivariable logistic regression model was fitted, adjusted odds ratio (AOR) at 95% confidence interval and p-value <0.05 were estimated to determine the statistically significant association between predictors and outcome variable. Qualitative data were analyzed based on thematic content.

RESULTS

The prevalence of good practice towards CPR was 31.8% (95% CI: 27.5-36.3) in the study area. Experience of 6-10 years (AOR = 2.27, 95% CI: 1.25-4.13) and >10 years (AOR= 1.81, 95% CI: 1.10-2.98), rarely (AOR = 3.77, 95% CI: 1.26-11.30) or actively (AOR = 4.60, 95% CI: 1.51-13.98) involved in CPR practice, assigned to emergency department (AOR = 1.02, 95% CI: 0.55-1.90), having CPR good knowledge (AOR = 1.37, 95% CI: 0.28-2.14) and having a nursing degree (AOR = 1.54, 95% CI: 0.93-2.54) were predictors of CPR good practice.

CONCLUSION

Nurses' good practice towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation was low. Therefore, efforts should be taken to enhance nurses' practice towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation.