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    Conocimientos y actitudes del profesional de enfermería sobre reanimación cardiopulmonar neonatal en dos hospitales del Austro del Ecuador, 2023-2024
    (Universidad de Cuenca, 2024-03-21) Pule Zhigui, Fernanda Elizabeth; Puli Tamay, Doris Maribel; Villa Plaza, Carmen Mercedes
    Background: Neonatal mortality is a health problem affecting Latin American countries, it can be prevented by providing adequate health care at all levels (1). One of the protocols to prevent neonatal death is the application of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (2). Objectives: To determine the knowledge and attitudes of nursing professionals on neonatal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in two hospitals in the Austro region of Ecuador, 2023-2024. Methods: The method used was a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study. A 48-question questionnaire on the level of knowledge and attitudes about neonatal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPRN) was administered to nurses working at the Hospital de Especialidades "José Carrasco Arteaga" and the Hospital "Homero Castanier Crespo". The information was condensed in a database in Microsoft Excel 2019 and analyzed in the IBM SPSS Statistics version 18 program according to the type of variable; for qualitative variables, absolute frequencies and percentages were used; and for quantitative variables, measures of central tendency and dispersion were used. Results: Of all the nursing professionals who participated in the study, 19.8% had a good level of knowledge of CPRN, 75.3% had fair knowledge and 4.9% had poor knowledge. In terms of attitude, 95.4% have a positive attitude and 4.6% have a negative attitude. Conclusion: The nursing professionals studied have a fair level of knowledge and a positive attitude towards CPRN.