‌ The Effects of CPR Training Using Two Traditional and Electronic Training Methods on the Knowledge, Skill, and Satisfaction of Nurses from In Service Education of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Background and Objectives: With increasing prevalence of heart diseases, a large number of patients refer to hospitals for treatment of heart diseases. These patients are prone to disturbances, such as cardiac arrest that is life threatening. Nurses have taught cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) during their academic education, but the process of CPR changes and is updated every few years, which makes the education important and necessary in this area. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of knowledge, skills, and satisfaction of nurses from participating in traditional and electronic CPR courses and to compare between them.   Methods: This study was carried out as an intervention study on two groups (pre-test and post-test) on nurses working in Kashan Shahid Beheshti Hospital. Sampling was performed using Systematic Random Sampling, and the samples were divided alternatively into two groups of traditional and electronic trainings. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics tests of paired t- and one way ANOVA tests.   Results: the scores of knowledge, skill, and satisfaction of the nurses in both groups of e-learning and traditional education significantly increased, but the level of awareness was significantly higher in the nurses in the e-learning group as compared to the nurses who participated in the traditional training group.   Conclusion: The results of this study showed that both traditional and electronic methods have a positive effect on the promotion of nurses' awareness of CPR. Moreover, knowledge, skills, and satisfaction from CPR e-learning course, were higher than those in nurses participating in the traditional training method.