PHD Progress Summary (January - March 2021)
PHD Progress Summary (January - March 2021)
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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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
HSN 411-2350/2017
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NAME: PAUL WAMBUGU NDUNG’U
proposal
Proposal defense
Approval: ERC
KMTC &NACOSTI
Data collection, first
publication
Data management
Seminar presentation,
second publication
Dissertation defense
Dissemination of
findings
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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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