DIFFERENCES IN KNOWLEDGE OF STANDARD FOR PROVIDING BLS TO MEMBER NURSING STUDENTS AND NONMEMBERS OF EMERGENCY NURSING TEAM (ENT) AT UNIVERSITY OF RESPATI YOGYAKARTA

Abstract

Cardiac arrest is an emergency condition that can occur in a hospital, called Hospital Cardiac Arrest (HCA) and outside the hospital, called Out Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) which requires Basic Life Support (BLS) with Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). Nursing students as the bystander of CPR in the community need the development of knowledge and skills in conducting early CPR by attending informal education, which organizes an emergency nursing training such as the Emergency Nursing Team (ENT). Therefore, research regarding the knowledge of the standard for providing to nursing students is essential. The aim of this study was to determine the differences in knowledge of standard for providing BLS to member nursing students and non-members of Emergency Nursing Team (ENT) at University of Respati Yogyakarta. This study is a descriptive analytic comparative study with a cross-sectional design. The sampling technique used was saturated sampling in ENT members with 34 ENT members and simple random sampling for nonENT members with 34 ENT members. Data retrieval was carried out on March 18-23 2019 using the BLS standard guideline observation instrument. Bivariate analysis using the Chi-Square test with a significant level of 0.05. The majority of ENT members have a good knowledge of standard to provide BLS more than non-ENT members. The results of the statistical test between ENT membership and standard knowledge of giving BLS were obtained p-value = 0.026 (<0.05). There is a significant difference in the knowledge of the standard for providing BLS to nursing students members and not members of the Emergency Nursing Team (ENT) at the University of Respati Yogyakarta.

Keywords : knowledge, emergency