Tachbele,Erdaw(PhD),Bizuwork,Ketema(BSc, MSc)kifle,Meron2023-12-092023-12-092023http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/484Background: - Cardiac arrest is leading cause of death all over the world. Studies have showed that prompt delivery of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation as an important predictor of survival. Knowledge and, practice to simple Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation techniques ensure the survival of the patient till experienced medical help arrives. However, knowledge and skills gap among health care professionals about Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation is a global problem. However little known Knowledge and Practice level of health care professionals and take appropriate intervention for gaps identified. Objectives: To assess the knowledge and practice level towards Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation among nursing students at nursing schools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2022. Methods:-Institutional based cross-sectional study design and systematic random sampling technique was employed to recruit 417 study participants. Structured and pretested questionnaire was used to collect data. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 26. Descriptive statistic was used to summarize Socio-demographic and health related factors. Odds ratio was used to identify factor associated with the outcome variable and statically significant was declared at P-value < 0.05. Results: The study included 395 students were participated in this study. More than one third (37.7%) of the respondents had good knowledge, while one third (33%) of the respondents had good practice towards Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation. The mean age was 25.33±3.99. Further, female gender (AOR: 1.92, 95% CI: 1.260-2.949 P 0.002), Addis Ababa residence (AOR: 1.73, 95% CI: 1.159-2.730P 0.008), the school from where the students recruited (AOR: 1.57, 95% CI: 1.029-2.391,P 0.037 ), employed students (AOR=1.6; 95% CI (1.045- 2.457,P 0.031) were found statistically significantly associated with knowledge level of the study respondents while only formal training (AOR: 4.67, 95% CI: 2.093-10.426, P 0.000) was found statistically significantly associated with practice level of the study respondents. Conclusion and recommendation: Despite their importance’s to reverse sudden death occasions, significant proportion of the study respondents were found with deficient level of knowledge and practice towards Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Gender, occupation, residence, type of school and being employed were found statistically significantly associated with knowledge level of the study participants while formal training was the only variable statistically significantly associated with practice level of study respondents. Therefore, the policy maker, researcher, nursing schools should develop effective intervention mechanism to reverse the low level of knowledge and practice towards Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.en-USThesis