Effects of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Education Using a PC Skill-Reporting System on the Knowledge, Self-Efficacy and Skill Performance Ability of Nursing Students

The Purpose of this study was to identify the educational effects of cardiopulmonary resuscitation using a PC skill-reporting system on the knowledge, Self-efficacy and skill performance ability of nursing students. The Participants were 57 nursing students from G metropolitan city, an experimental group of 29 subjects, and a control group of 28 students who were randomly sampled. Data were collected from 3 to 12 July of, 2013, and theory education and skill exposure programs for the experimental and control groups were conducted for 60 min. three times a week. The, PC skill-reporting system was used only with the experimental group. The collected data were analyzed with SPSS/WIN version 20.0 using -tests, Fisher`s exact probability tests, paired t-tests and t-tests. In the comparison of the two groups, the knowledge(t