LanguageTerm (authority = ISO 639-3:2007); (type = text)
English
Abstract (type = abstract)
Background: Lives can be and have been saved by children who have been taught Basic Life Support (BLS) techniques. The American Heart Association (AHA) advocates for mandatory BLS resuscitation training and the World Health Organization (WHO) has encouraged BLS training for two hours per year for children age 12 or younger worldwide.
Purpose: Following initial training, an assessment of the retention levels over a six-week period of children ages 9-12 in BLS were calculated prior to the rendering of any remediation.
Method: Quasi-experimental, one group repeated measures design. A repeated measure paired t-test will be used to analyze the data. Children 11-12 years old were taught AHA BLS skills for a total of two hours divided over one day per week within a two-week period. The AHA BLS skill post-test (Test-1) was immediately administered after the second BLS skills instructional class. The same AHA BLS skills post-test (Test-2) was administered six weeks later.
Data Collection: Retention was described by the mean by the scores of the two identical AHA BLS skills post-tests (Test-1 and 2) (Appendix I) given 6-weeks apart that were placed on the BLS DNP project Code Sheet (A) and (B) (Appendix J and K) respectively prior to the rendering of any remediation (re-instruction). A repeated measure paired t-test was used to analyze the data using Microsoft Excel Spread Sheet to compare the two mean scores.
Results: t= (10) = 2.27, p = 0.208 therefore with a higher value than p=0.05 there was no statistical significance in the data analysis results of this DNP project.
Conclusion: The objective of this project was to evaluate the retention level of children 9-12 years old over a 6-week period for BLS skills. There was no degradation in scores. The results from the data analysis revealed that the DNP project and intervention was a success.
Subject (authority = RUETD)
Topic
Post-Master's DNP Practice
Subject (authority = local)
Topic
BLS
Subject (authority = local)
Topic
Basic life support
Subject (authority = LCSH)
Topic
First aid in illness and injury -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Subject (authority = LCSH)
Topic
Memory
RelatedItem (type = host)
TitleInfo
Title
Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Identifier (type = RULIB)
ETD
Identifier
ETD_10233
PhysicalDescription
Form (authority = gmd)
InternetMediaType
application/pdf
InternetMediaType
text/xml
Extent
1 online resource (61 pages) : illustrations
Note (type = degree)
DNP
Note (type = bibliography)
Includes bibliographical references
RelatedItem (type = host)
TitleInfo
Title
School of Nursing (RBHS) DNP Projects
Identifier (type = local)
rucore10004500001
Location
PhysicalLocation (authority = marcorg); (displayLabel = Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)
I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.