JOMMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES

SCHOOL OF NURSING SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL NURSING

TOPIC: ENHANCING ADULT CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS AMONG KENYA REGISTERED COMMUNITY
HEALTH NURSING STUDENTS IN SELECTED KENYA MEDICAL TRAINING
COLLEGE CAMPUSES

PHD PROGRESS SUMMARY (JANUARY –MARCH 2021)

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
MR. PAUL WAMBUGU NDUNG’U (HSN 411-2350/2017)

SUPERVISORS
1. DR. ALBANUS MUTISYA
2. DR. GRACE GITHEMO

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THIRD PHD PROGRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL – JUNE 2021
Having gotten approvals from NACOSTI, KMTC headquarter and pretested the instruments, the

researcher was able to achieve the following milestones in this quarter.

1. Recruitment of research assistants

Two research assistants who met the minimum criteria of having a Bachelors of Science

degree in Nursing and had a valid BLS certificate were recruited. They were taken

through the research tools and methodology of assessment explained and evaluated.

2. Recruitment of study participants and baseline data collection ( 1st phase)

In collaboration with the specific campus administration specific dates were organized

for data collection since the students were either in class or undertaking rural health

experience.

A total of 175 senior nursing students were recruited as follows.

Frequency Percent Valid Percent

Valid Thika KMTC 55 31.4 31.4
Embu KMTC 34 19.4 19.4
Nyeri KMTC 50 28.6 28.6
Murang'a KMTC 36 20.6 20.6
Total 175 100.0 100.0

The baseline data was collected in the four campuses as follows.

 Thika KMTC- on 27th April 2021 questionnaire administration and on the 8th of
May 2021 skills assessment was conducted
 Embu KMTC- On 2nd May 2021, both knowledge and skills assessment was
done.
 Murang’a KMTC- On 5th May 2021, both knowledge and skills assessment was
done.

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  Nyeri KMTC- On 10th May 2021, both knowledge and skills assessment was
done
3. Analyzing baseline data

The data from the coded tools was sorted through serials and entered into epi data v. 3.1.

It was cleaned and exported to SPSS v. 26. Analysis of objective 1,2 and 3 of the study

was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.

4. Conducting the intervention phase (2nd phase)

The study collaborator, the American Heart Association agency (Avenue Hospital team)

scheduled the training for the intervention phase in the month of May to early June 2021.

The intervention group members received the BLS health provider’s manuals (2015)

from AHA which they had two weeks of self learning. They also had three tutorial

sessions (face to face/ online). After two weeks a one day video based training was

carried out with demonstrations, return demonstrations and evaluations. The participants

also sat for the AHA exam and 157(89.7%) achieved the desired score for certification.

The intervention was carried as illustrated in the table below.

THIKA KMTC EMBU KMTC

ACTIVITY DATE DATE
AED training 08/05/21 02/05/2021
Module delivery 10/05/21 23/05/21
1st tutorial 18/05/21 28/05/21
2nd tutorial 20/05/21 03/06/21
3rd tutorial 21/05/2021 04/06/21
One day video 22/05/2021 05/06/21
based training

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 5. Presenting the first seminar

Having analyzed baseline data, the researcher presented the first seminar on 21st June

2021 in the School of Nursing. The seminar covered objective one and two of the study

assessing CPR knowledge and skills of senior nursing students at selected KMTC

campuses. Currently I am incorporating the corrections given on the draft.

Report by Paul Wambugu Ndung’u

HSN 411-2350/2017

Signature_________________________ date _________________________

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NAME: PAUL WAMBUGU NDUNG’U

REG NO: HSN 411/2350/2017

Original Time frame

ACTIVITY May – July Sep- Jan July- Jan Feb March

June -Aug Dec -June Dec 2022 2022 2022

2020 2020 2020 2021 2021

Completion of study

proposal
Proposal defense
Approval: ERC

KMTC &NACOSTI
Data collection, first

publication
Data management
Seminar presentation,

second publication
Dissertation defense
Dissemination of

findings

NAME: PAUL WAMBUGU NDUNG’U

REG NO: HSN 411/2350/2017

Plan for April 2021- July 2021

ACTIVITY JULY AUG SEPT OCT

Manuscript writing for baseline data

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and sending it to a peer reviewed

journal,
2nd seminar presentation
Phase 3 data collection(post test)

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