Investigation of Nurse's Attitude, Knowledge and Performance About Organ Transportation In Dr. Masih Daneshvari Hospital in 2009

The importance of organ donation is increasing world wild. The knowledge and attitude of the medical staffs, including nurses, and their positive motivation in this regard are considered as the advantage to achieve a better transplantation results. This study aimed to investigate nurses’ attitude, awareness and performance about organ transportation in Dr. Masih Daneshvari Hospital. The present study evaluated the opinions of 66 randomly selected, educated nurses who had at least one year experience in different wards of the hospital. Using a Farsi questionnaire, nurses’ attitudes, knowledge and practice data on organ transplantation, as well as their demographic information were surveyed. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were determined by means of content validity and test-retest (r=0.81) methods, respectively. Using SPSS 16, data analysis was done, hence, descriptive (i.e. absolute and relative frequency tables, mean and standard deviation) and analytical (e.g. Chi2, t-test) statistical results were obtained. The range of age of the majority of participants was 20-40 years old (74.2% woman and 25.8% man). The results showed a significant inverse relationship between the age and the psycho-emotional status of the nurses, regarding the care of brain death patients. The participants’ point of view on the organ transplantation was 12.3% opposite, 17.6% surely agree, 54.7% agree only when there is condition improvement, and 15.4% indifferent.The results also showed that a high percentage of nurses have lack of enough knowledge on organ transplantation. As the educational course and subsequent awareness can be highly effective on their attitude, therefore, the increase of awareness, together with condition improvement, could be important to enhance the care of transplant patients.