Knowledge and Practice of Nurses Regarding CPR in Private Tertiary Care Hospital Peshawar, KP, Pakistan Muslim Shah * , Owais Jan, Akhlaq Hussain, Taj Gul and Naila N Rehman College of Nursing, Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan * Corresponding author: Muslim Shah, Rehman College of Nursing, Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan, Tel: 00923442230122; E-mail: muslimshah266@gmail.com Received date: Nov 28, 2018; Accepted date: Feb 12, 2019; Published date: Feb 19, 2019 Copyright: © 2019 Shah M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Abstract Objective: The aim of this study was to know about knowledge and practices of nurses regarding CPR in private tertiary care hospital, Peshawar, KP. Methodology: A descriptive-cross-sectional study was conducted among nurses in private tertiary care hospital Peshawar, KP. Participants were selected from different units by using random sampling technique. The data was collected through self-developed questionnaire. Results: The study consisted of 55 participants including 7.3% male and 92.7% female. The overall knowledge and practices of participants were calculated in percentage that revealed that the mean knowledge of participants was 82.02% with standard deviation 12.347%, while the mean practice was 42.42% with standard deviation 10.948%. Independent t-test was applied to compare the association of participants practice with those who attend BLS course, that was significant p=0.010. Conclusion: The current study, conducted in private tertiary care hospital, focused on knowledge and practices of nurses regarding CPR. The results significantly appeared to show that nurses had poor practices of CPR as compared to knowledge. The study also highlighted that nurses need to be properly trained on CPR. Keywords: Nurses; Basic life support; Cardiac pulmonary resuscitation; Training; Nurses knowledge Abbreviations: CPR: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; BLS: Basic Life Support; AHA: American Heart Association; ICU: Intensive Care Unit; SPSS: Statistical Package for Social Sciences; KP: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Background Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is a part of important integral medical procedure in emergency care. It is a combination of rescue breathing and chest compression, which is deliver to the victims who are thought to be in cardiac arrest [1]. Cardio Pulmonary Arrest is the life-threatening condition and the common emergency that is caused by sudden cessation of circulation leading to the catastrophic events and eventually death. According to American Heart Association, in year 2016, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest accounts for more than 350,000 and the overall bystander CPR rate was 46.1%; whereas, in-hospital cardiac arrest accounts for more than 209,000 with 24.8% survival rate [2]. A study was conducted by Rafa et al. [3] in which (28%) participants attended a training course on BLS. 51% of medical students have poor knowledge about BLS; the knowledge of 44% of students was fair, while the knowledge of only 5% of students was good. Another study was conducted in North Eastern by Yunus et al. [4] with the purpose to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of CPR in Doctors and paramedical staf. Te study showed that 24.36% doctors and 53.45% paramedics’ participants had scored poorly. Almost all participants (98.76%) thought that BLS is necessary, while 94.34% of participants suggested that it should be a part of the teaching curriculum. Similarly, Tsegaye et al. [5] conducted a cross-sectional study to assess knowledge, attitude and practice about CPR among medical students. Te total response rate for this study was 98%. About 93.3% of the respondents had good knowledge about CPR of which, ffh year students were 36.2%, fourth year students were 34.1% and interns were 23% respectively. Among study participants, 80.7% students did not practice CPR. Additionally, Olajumoke et al. [6] assessed the knowledge, attitude and practices of medical practitioners regarding CPR and defbrillation. Te result showed that medical practitioners were not knowledgeable about CPR. Out of the total respondents, 35(53.85%) were actively involved in the resuscitation of patients, 27 (41.54%) were rarely involved in the resuscitation of patients; while, 3(4.62%) were never involved in the resuscitation of patients afer their graduation from medical school. Te purpose of the study was to explore knowledge and practices of nurses regarding CPR in tertiary care hospital Peshawar, KP. J o u r n a l o f N u r s i n g & C a r e ISSN: 2167-1168 Journal of Nursing and Care Shah et al., J Nurs Care 2019, 8:1 DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.1000475 Research Article Open Access J Nurs Care, an open access journal ISSN: 2167-1168 Volume 8 • Issue 1 • 1000475