Nurses’ motivation for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Nurse motivation can have a significant impact on the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the patients’ survival. Therefore, the present study aimed to examine nurses’ motivation for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Methods This cross-sectional study focused on 217 nurses in a teaching hospital in Iran, in 2023. A random sample of nurses was selected from four hospital departments (emergency, critical care, medical, and surgery). These nurses completed the demographic information and motivation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation questionnaires. The data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney, Spearman coefficients, and Kruskal-Wallis and multiple linear regression tests. Results The mean score of the dimension of the feeling of achievement (4.10 ± 0.50) was high in the nurses’ motivation for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation. There were more motivational factors in the emergency department compared to the other departments in terms of the feeling of achievement, high chance of success, low chances of success, recognition and appreciation, perceived importance, and beliefs ( p < 0.05). The nurses who had participated in cardiopulmonary resuscitation workshops and had a bachelor’s degree had a higher mean score in the dimension of perceived importance ( p < 0.05). The correlation coefficient showed that there was a significant negative correlation between the nurses’ frequency of participation in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and their motivation scores in the dimensions of the feeling of achievement( r =-0.170), low chances of success( r =-0.183), perceived importance ( r = -0.302), and beliefs ( r = -0.250; p < 0.05). The department variable predicted the motivation score in the dimensions of feeling of achievement, high chance of success, low chance of success, perceived importance, and beliefs. The sex variable predicted the motivation score in the dimensions of facilitator of resuscitation and high chance of success. Besides, the variable of years of membership in the CPR team predicted the motivation score in the feeling of achievement and high chance of success ( p < 0.05). Conclusion Nurses would be more motivated to perform a quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation if they had a feeling of success. The nurses’ motivation was affected by certain factors such as their department, sex, education level, years of membership in CPR team, number of participation in CPR, and participation in educational workshops.