Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Competency Retention Among Registered Nurses in Critical Care Versus General Care Unit
Yahia AL-Helih, Majeda Al-Ruzzieh, Sami Al-Yatim, Mohammad Alawneh, Saleh Abual-Haija, Faten Odeh · 2026
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Yahia AL-Helih and five colleagues compare how well nurses keep resuscitation skills after training in a 2026 prospective study. CPR skill fades without practice, and ward setting may shape the fade. The team assessed 265 registered nurses right after basic life support training. Each nurse was then retested once, at one, three, or six months, so the design compares groups across time points rather than tracking each nurse throughout.
Knowledge scores sat lower at every later check in both critical care and general care nurses. The slide looked clearer among general care nurses. Hands-on skills told the same story: more nurses needed remediation at later checks, again worst in the general care group. AL-Helih's team backs refresher training aimed at each setting's exposure level. They caution that the design cannot prove why the gap opens.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yahia AL-Helih, Majeda Al-Ruzzieh, Sami Al-Yatim, Mohammad Alawneh, Saleh Abual-Haija, Faten Odeh |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |