- Title
- Knowledge, attitudes and practice of professional nurses regarding organ donation in critical care units of public and private hospitals in Eastern Cape Province
- Creator
- Green, Bukelwa
- Subject
- Organ donors--Supply and demand Donation of organs, tissues, etc Transplantation of organs, tissues
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- Magister Curationis
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/11116
- Identifier
- vital:37138
- Description
- Globally there is an overwhelming increase in the number of patients waiting for donated organs for transplantation, with a gross shortage of available organs. There are many contributing factors to this dearth of donated organs, including level of knowledge, cultural beliefs, lack of clear practice and the attitudes of health care providers, as the gatekeepers of the health system. This non-experimental research study assessed the attitudes, level of knowledge, and practices of professional nurses working in critical care units in public and private hospitals in Eastern Cape Province regarding organ donation. The study was conducted in both private and public hospital intensive care and renal care units. The targeted population in the study was professional nurses working in intensive and renal care units, trained in critical care or nephrology, as well as those who were not trained but working in these specialised areas. The non-probability, purposive sampling method was employed and total population was 187 professional nurses working in public and private critical care units but only 108 managed to yield data for this study. Data was collected with anonymous, self - developed questionnaires. The questionnaire was submitted to supervisors and statistician for validity. Reliability was established by conducting pretest of the instrument, which yielded positive results because all questionnaires were correctly completed.Data captured and analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software for Windows version 22 and is presented by means of percentages and tables. Results: The findings were that, there is insufficient knowledge on the topic of organ donation, with subsequent inadequate practice, which derives from lack of pre-registration training and ongoing in-service education regarding the topic. The unavailability of full organ transplantation services in the province is viewed as a hindrance in the practice of organ donation. There was generally a positive attitude towards organ donation, particularly among Christian nurses. The knowledge deficit and limited practice seem not to have affected the attitudes of the participants, who supported the idea of organ donation. However, despite the positive attitudes, only 13 participants (12.0 percent) agreed to be registered as organ donors. 50 percent of participants lacked knowledge about availability and contact details of the provincial organ donation foundation, which may indicate inadequate marketing on the part of the foundation. There was no significant difference in knowledge, attitudes and practice between nurses in the private and public sectors. Rather differences were noted between the different levels of health care services, i.e. between the secondary and tertiary level. The tertiary level outperformed the secondary level institutions. It is recommended that organ donation be incorporated into the syllabi of health sciences courses both in universities and colleges, and that awareness campaigns be strengthened.
- Format
- 74 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
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