KMID : 0869920080140020216
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Journal of Korean Academy Society of Nursing Education 2008 Volume.14 No. 2 p.216 ~ p.223
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Attitudes on Organ Donation in Brain Dead Donors of Staff Nurses
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Song Young-Shin
Lee Mi-Young
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to discover attitudes toward organ donation in brain dead donors and nursing ethical values of staff nurses.
Method: The subjects were 196 nurses with direct patient care in a university hospital. Data collection was carried out for one month in September, 2008 using structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean and standards deviation, ANOVA and Pearson¡¯s Correlation with SPSS program.
Result: The mean score of a positive attitude toward organ donation in brain dead donors was 3.59 points, and a negative attitude score was 3.02 points. The mean score of nursing ethical value was 3.05 points. The age and the length of career had a reverse correlation with a negative attitude toward organ donation. Nursing ethical values had a positive correlation with a negative attitude toward organ donation.
Conclusion: It is necessary to increase understanding and recognition of brain death organs donation in the nurses who participate in direct patient care so as to help facilitate organ donation.
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KEYWORD
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Donation, Brain death, Nurse, Ethics, Values
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