Australian perioperative nurses’ attitudes, levels of knowledge, education and support needs related to organ donation and procurement surgery: A national survey

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Australian perioperative nurses' attitudes, levels of knowledge, education and Australian perioperative nurses' attitudes, levels of knowledge, education and support needs related to organ donation and procurement surgery: A national support needs related to organ donation and procurement surgery: A national survey survey Cover Page Footnote Cover Page Footnote Acknowledgement The project was supported by ACORN who made their membership database available for the delivery of the link to the survey. A special thank you to the study participants for their time in completing the survey and providing valuable feedback. The authors would also like to acknowledge and thank the Jelinek et al. research team for the use and adaption of the original survey tool along with aspects of the Attitude Survey originally developed by the Donor Action Program.

Using metaphor method to interpret and understand meanings of international operating room nurses' experiences in organ procurement surgery

“…Moreover, OR nurses may also feel overwhelmed and distressed during the procurement procedure due to other challenges such as being unfamiliar with procurement procedures and postmortem care (Smith et al, 2015a). This was echoed in a recent Australian survey conducted by Smith et al (2019), which found that over half of the participating nurses felt incompetent during organ procurement procedures.…”

“…This was echoed in a recent Australian survey conducted by Smith et al. (2019), which found that over half of the participating nurses felt incompetent during organ procurement procedures.…”