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Organ donation: Attitude and knowledge of nurses in South Africa
Author(s) -
Naude A.,
Nel E.,
Uys H.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
edtna‐erca journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1755-6686
pISSN - 1019-083X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6686.2002.tb00198.x
Subject(s) - organ donation , intensive care , economic shortage , referral , nursing , medicine , donation , organ transplantation , work (physics) , transplantation , intensive care medicine , surgery , political science , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics) , law , engineering
Summary Various factors influence the process of organ donation. As a result, there is a shortage of organs for transplant. Poor communication and cooperation between transplant coordinators and intensive care nursing staff can lead to the non‐referral of potential organ donors, which is detrimental to the process. The purpose of this research was to ascertain the attitude and knowledge of the transplant coordinators and intensive care nursing staff that work in intensive care units during organ donation. Contextual descriptive research was carried out by compiling literature‐based questionnaires, one each for the transplant coordinators and intensive care nursing staff, and then analysing responses. The indications are that problem areas exist between the role players in the organ transplant process. Guidelines were drawn up for the improvement of communication and cooperation between them in order to promote organ donation.