Examination of Nursing Students' Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Organ Donation: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Objective: Nursing students, who will play a significant role in the healthcare team, need to have the necessary knowledge and a positive attitude towards organ donation to increase the number of organ donations. Because nurses have the power to improve society's perception of organ donation, which could have a positive impact on thousands of lives. Purpose of this study examining the knowledge and attitudes of nursing students regarding organ donation. Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing at a university in western Turkey. The study sample comprised 416 nursing students who volunteered to participate and were enrolled in the 1st to 4th grades. The study utilized the students' sociodemographic and descriptive characteristics form, organ-tissue donation and transplantation knowledge scale, and organ donation attitude scale. The study data was gathered via Google Forms. Results: In this study, it can be said that nursing students' knowledge about organ donation and transplantation is at an intermediate level and their attitudes towards organ donation are positive. It was determined that as the knowledge of nursing students about organ donation increased, their positive attitudes increased, and their negative attitudes decreased. Conclusions: As a result of the study, it was found that increasing knowledge about organ donation increased the positive attitude towards organ donation and decreased the negative attitude. It is recommended that an effective education program should be established to increase the knowledge and attitudes of nursing students towards organ donation. Keywords: Organ donation, attitude, knowledge, nursing student Supporting Institutions: None

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Organ donation
• attitude
• knowledge
• nursing student

Hemşi̇reli̇k Öğrenci̇leri̇ni̇n Organ Bağışına Yöneli̇k Bi̇lgi̇ ve Tutumlarının İncelenmesi̇: Kesi̇tsel Bi̇r Çalışma

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Amaç: Organ bağışı sayısını artırmak için sağlık ekibinde önemli bir rol oynayacak olan hemşirelik öğrencilerinin organ bağışına yönelik yeterli bilgiye ve olumlu tutuma sahip olmaları gerekmektedir. Çünkü hemşireler, toplumun organ bağışı algısını iyileştirme gücüne sahiptir ve bu da binlerce yaşam üzerinde olumlu bir etki yaratabilir. Bu çalışmanın amacı hemşirelik öğrencilerinin organ bağışına ilişkin bilgi ve tutumlarını incelenmesidir. Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel tipteki bu çalışma, Türkiye'nin batısındaki bir üniversitenin Hemşirelik Fakültesi'nde yürütüldü. Çalışmanın örneklemini, çalışmaya katılmaya gönüllü olan ve 1. sınıftan 4. sınıfa kadar öğrenim gören 416 hemşirelik öğrencisi oluşturdu. Çalışmada öğrencilerin sosyodemografik ve tanıtıcı özellikleri formu, organ-doku bağışı ve transplantasyon bilgi ölçeği ve organ bağışı tutum ölçeği kullanıldı. Çalışma verileri Google Formlar aracılığıyla toplandı. Bulgular: Bu çalışmada hemşirelik öğrencilerinin organ bağışı ve nakli konusundaki bilgilerinin orta düzeyde olduğu ve organ bağışına yönelik tutumlarının olumlu olduğu söylenebilir. Hemşirelik öğrencilerinin organ bağışı konusundaki bilgileri arttıkça olumlu tutumlarının arttığı, olumsuz tutumlarının ise azaldığı belirlenmiştir. Sonuç: Çalışma sonucunda organ bağışı konusunda bilgi düzeyinin artmasının organ bağışına yönelik olumlu tutumu artırdığı, olumsuz tutumu ise azalttığı tespit edilmiştir. Hemşirelik öğrencilerinin organ bağışına yönelik bilgi ve tutumlarını arttırmak için etkili bir eğitim programı oluşturulması önerilmektedir. Anahtar Kelimeler: Organ bağışı, tutum, bilgi, hemşirelik öğrencisi Destekleyen Kurumlar: Bulunmamaktadır

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Anahtar Kelimeler: Organ bağışı
• tutum
• bilgi
• hemşirelik öğrencisi

Kaynakça

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