Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare (Mar 2023)

Self-Assessed Capabilities, Attitudes, and Stress among Pediatric Nurses in Relation to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

  • Hendy A,
  • Hassani R,
  • Ali Abouelela M,
  • Nuwayfi Alruwaili A,
  • Abdel Fattah HA,
  • Abd elfattah Atia G,
  • Reshia FAA

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 16
pp. 603 – 611

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Abdelaziz Hendy,1 Rym Hassani,2 Madeha Ali Abouelela,3 Abeer Nuwayfi Alruwaili,4 Hadya Abboud Abdel Fattah,5 Gehan Abd elfattah Atia,6,7 Fadia Ahmed Abdelkader Reshia8,9 1Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; 2Medical Chemistry, University College of Darb, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia; 3Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia; 4Nursing Administration and Education Department, Al Jouf University, Sakākā, Jouf, Saudi Arabia; 5Nursing Department, Fatima College of Health Sciences, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates; 6Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Jouf University, Sakākā, Jouf, Saudi Arabia; 7Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt; 8Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, College of Nursing, Jouf University, Sakāka, Saudi Arabia; 9Critical Care and Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Mansoura, EgyptCorrespondence: Abdelaziz Hendy, Pediatric nursing department, Faculty nursing Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, Email [email protected]: In emergency medicine, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is one of the most stressful scenarios for nurses who conduct both basic and advanced resuscitation methods.Aim: This study aimed to assess nurses’ self-assessed capabilities, attitudes, and stress related to CPR.Methods: This cross-sectional, observational study was carried out on 748 pediatric nurses at six governmental hospitals. A self–assessed ability questionnaire and a structured stress and attitude questionnaire was used for data collection.Results: For self-assessed abilities, 45.5% of the nurses had moderate scores. Concerning stress, 48.3% had moderate scores and 63.1% negative attitudes. Also, attitude and self-assessed abilities had a high-frequency negative effect on stress scores (P 10 cardiac arrest cases in the previous year, and having an advanced life-support license (P< 0.05). Positive attitudes and improving self-assessed abilities decreased the nurses’ stress levels related to CPR.Keywords: attitudes, nurses, self-assessed capabilities, stress, pediatric life support

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