Can education alter attitudes, behaviour and knowledge about organ donation? A pretest-post-test study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The emergence of evidence suggests that student nurses commonly exhibit concerns about their lack of knowledge of organ donation and transplantation. Formal training about organ donation has been shown to positively influence attitude, encourage communication and registration behaviours and improve knowledge about donor eligibility and brain death. The focus of this study was to determine the attitude and behaviour of student nurses and to assess their level of knowledge about organ donation after a programme of study.

Design

A quantitative questionnaire was completed before and after participation in a programme of study using a pretest-post-test design.

Setting

Participants were recruited from a University based in Northern Ireland during the period from F

SUBMITTER: McGlade D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3884632 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature