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Article

Suitability of a Low-Fidelity and Low-Cost Simulator for Teaching Basic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation—“Hands-Only CPR”—To Nursing Students

by
Zoila Esperanza Leiton-Espinoza
1,
Ángel López-González
2,*,
Maritza Evangelina Villanueva-Benites
3,
Yrene E. Urbina-Rojas
4,
Joseba Rabanales-Sotos
2,
Yda Hoyos-Álvarez
5 and
María D. Pilar Gómez-Lujan
1
1
Faculty of Nursing, National University of Trujillo, Trujillo 13001, Peru
2
Nursing College, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, 02006 Albacete, Spain
3
Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Nursing, National University of the Peruvian Amazon, Iquitos 16001, Peru
4
Faculty of Nursing, National University of Tumbes, Tumbes 24001, Peru
5
General Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Regional Docente of Trujillo, Trujillo 13001, Peru
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Nurs. Rep. 2025, 15(5), 162; https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep15050162
Submission received: 6 April 2025 / Revised: 23 April 2025 / Accepted: 1 May 2025 / Published: 7 May 2025
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Abstract

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the suitability of the low-fidelity/low-cost simulator “Salvando a Rosita®” in the acquisition of “hands-only CPR” skills by adult nursing degree students. Methods: A quasi-experimental quantitative study was carried out with a single experimental group that included 89 nursing degree students; it was conducted in November and December 2024 at the National University of Trujillo, Peru. Results: The STAI-TA score was 17.30, and the STAI-SA score was 37.00 points. Women showed a greater level of SA (p = 0.002). The required effort was described by women as being high and by men as light (p < 0.001). The compression rate was 125.7, and the percentage of compressions with an adequate depth was 89.6%. Overweight/obese individuals achieved more correct compressions (p < 0.01). The attitudes toward alerting emergency services, remaining calm while a person is in cardiac arrest, applying the CPR sequence automatically, and performing CCs were better after receiving training. The majority considered the “Salvando a Rosita®” simulator to be useful for teaching “hands-only CPR” to students in the first cycles of a nursing degree. Conclusions: The “Salvando a Rosita®” simulator was found to be an appropriate tool for teaching “hands-only CPR” to students in either the first cycles of health sciences or in other related professions.
Keywords: basic cardiac life support; heart massage; attitudes; practice; nursing degree students basic cardiac life support; heart massage; attitudes; practice; nursing degree students

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Leiton-Espinoza, Z.E.; López-González, Á.; Villanueva-Benites, M.E.; Urbina-Rojas, Y.E.; Rabanales-Sotos, J.; Hoyos-Álvarez, Y.; Gómez-Lujan, M.D.P. Suitability of a Low-Fidelity and Low-Cost Simulator for Teaching Basic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation—“Hands-Only CPR”—To Nursing Students. Nurs. Rep. 2025, 15, 162. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep15050162

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Leiton-Espinoza ZE, López-González Á, Villanueva-Benites ME, Urbina-Rojas YE, Rabanales-Sotos J, Hoyos-Álvarez Y, Gómez-Lujan MDP. Suitability of a Low-Fidelity and Low-Cost Simulator for Teaching Basic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation—“Hands-Only CPR”—To Nursing Students. Nursing Reports. 2025; 15(5):162. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep15050162

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Leiton-Espinoza, Zoila Esperanza, Ángel López-González, Maritza Evangelina Villanueva-Benites, Yrene E. Urbina-Rojas, Joseba Rabanales-Sotos, Yda Hoyos-Álvarez, and María D. Pilar Gómez-Lujan. 2025. "Suitability of a Low-Fidelity and Low-Cost Simulator for Teaching Basic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation—“Hands-Only CPR”—To Nursing Students" Nursing Reports 15, no. 5: 162. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep15050162

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Leiton-Espinoza, Z. E., López-González, Á., Villanueva-Benites, M. E., Urbina-Rojas, Y. E., Rabanales-Sotos, J., Hoyos-Álvarez, Y., & Gómez-Lujan, M. D. P. (2025). Suitability of a Low-Fidelity and Low-Cost Simulator for Teaching Basic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation—“Hands-Only CPR”—To Nursing Students. Nursing Reports, 15(5), 162. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep15050162

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