Do Nursing Students Understand the Meaning of Brain Death?

Martı́nez-Alarcón, L.; Rı́os, Antonio; López, María Jesús Martín; Guzmán, D.; López-Navas, A.; Parrilla, Pascual; Ramı́rez, Pablo

doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.06.020

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“…However, they reported that a significantly higher number of nursing students carried a donor card than medical students. Symvoulakis et al () found that medical students were more likely to carry a donor card than nursing students (Martínez‐Alarcón et al, ; Riffell & Stoeckle, ). Riffell & Stoeckle () found no significant correlation between the level of knowledge and attitude toward organ donation.…”

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“…Riffell & Stoeckle () found no significant correlation between the level of knowledge and attitude toward organ donation. Martínez‐Alarcón et al () reported that while final year students had superior knowledge related to transplantation than first‐year students, no correlation was noted with attitudes toward transplantation. Four reports described factors related to attitudes toward organ donation (McGlade et al, ; Mikla, Rios, Lopez‐Navas & Gotlib et al, ; Mikla et al, ; Zampieron et al, ).…”

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Narrative review on attitudes toward organ donation of undergraduate nurse students

Tsubaki

Tougo

Kobayashi

et al. 2019

Japan Journal Nursing Sci

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Aim: We aimed at obtaining suggestions to increase the number of organ donations by conducting a meta-analysis of researches on attitudes toward organ donation for nurse undergraduates around the world. Methods: We looked for documents published by April 2017 using CINAHL, MEDLINE, Japan Medical Abstract Society, CiNii, and PsycINFO. We searched for English and Japanese literature including all terms of "attitude", "students", "nursing", "Tissue and Organ Procurement", "organ donation". This study was carried out based on the Prisma Statement 2010. Results: As a result of the search, six CINAHLs, 45 MEDLINEs, seven Japan Medical Abstract Society articles were extracted, but no papers from CiNii and PsycINFO. We extracted and analyzed 21 original papers including contents of organ donation, targeting nurse undergraduates, which also excluding scale development.

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Narrative review on attitudes toward organ donation of undergraduate nurse students

Tsubaki

Tougo

Kobayashi

et al. 2019

Japan Journal Nursing Sci

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“…19,20 In future situations involving patients, the difficulty of the decision for DBD may thus be assuaged. Several studies on nurses and doctors [21][22][23] have already demonstrated that more information on brain death results in greater acceptance of brain death diagnostics. The questionnaire further reveals that students' motivation to engage with DBD is high both before and after the course ("I am motivated to engage with the topic: evaluation of brain death"), providing evidence that this topic is of fundamental relevance for medical students.…”

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Teaching the Concept of Brain Death in Undergraduate Medical Education

Holling

Stummer

Friederichs

2015

Journal of Surgical Education

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“…The measurement instrument used was a validated questionnaire of attitude toward XTx (PCID‐XENO RIOS: A questionnaire designed by the “International Collaborative Organ Donation Project about XTx” in Spain developed by Ríos et al) . This questionnaire included 31 items distributed in the following four subscales, and it was validated in the Spanish population: (a) transplant origins (8 items); (b) consequences (10 items); (c) associated risks (7 items); and (d) transmission of infections (6 items).…”

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Student nurses at Spanish universities and their attitude toward xenotransplantation

Martı́nez-Alarcón

Rı́os

Santainés‐Borredá

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Xenotransplantation

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Introduction: Recent immunological and transgenic advances are a promising alternative using limited materials of human origin for transplantation. However, it is essential to achieve social acceptance of this therapy.Objective: To analyze the attitude of nursing students from Spanish universities toward organ xenotransplantation (XTx) and to determine the factors affecting their attitude.Materials and methods: Type of study: A sociological, multicentre, and observational study. Study population: Nursing students enrolled in Spain (n = 28,000). Sample size:A sample of 10 566 students estimating a proportion of 76% (99% confidence and precision of ±1%), stratified by geographical area and year of study. Instrument of measurement: A validated questionnaire (PCID-XenoTx-RIOS) was handed out to every student in a compulsory session. This survey was self-administered and selfcompleted voluntarily and anonymously by each student in a period of 5-10 min.Statistical analysis: descriptive analysis, Student's t test, the chi-square test, and a logistic regression analysis.Results: A completion rate: 84% (n = 8913) was obtained. If the results of XTx were as good as in human donation, 74% (n = 6564) would be in favor and 22% (n = 1946) would have doubts. The following variables affected this attitude: age (P < 0.001); sex (P < 0.001); geographical location (P < 0.001); academic year of study (P < 0.001); attitude toward organ donation (P < 0.001); belief in the possibility of needing a transplant (P < 0.001); discussion of transplantation with one's family (P < 0.001) and friends (P < 0.001); and the opinion of one's partner (P < 0.001). The following variables persisted in the multivariate analysis: being a male (OR = 1.436; P < 0.001); geographical location (OR = 1.937; P < 0.001); an attitude in favor of donation (OR = 1.519; P < 0.001); belief in the possibility of needing a transplant (OR = 1.497; P = 0.036);and having spoken about the issue with family (OR = 1.351; P < 0.001) or friends (OR = 1.240; P = 0.001). Conclusions:The attitude of nursing students toward organ XTx is favorable and is associated with factors of general knowledge about organ donation and transplantation and social interaction. K E Y W O R D S attitude, knowledge, Organ xenotransplantation, student nurses 1 | INTRODUC TI ON Due to this organ shortage and the increase in the indications for transplantation, there are increasing numbers of patients on the waiting list with the mortality that this brings with it. 1 In the search for definitive solutions, there is continued research into xenotransplantation (XTx) in order to attempt to obtain an inexhaustible source of cells and organs. 2,3 Although clinical XTx is not a reality at present, in preclinical trials it has been possible to obtain a functioning pig-baboon model. 6 Therefore, in vital organs and in emergency situations, XTx could be used as a bridge while waiting for a human organ. 7,8

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Do Nursing Students Understand the Meaning of Brain Death?

Cited by 21 publications

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Narrative review on attitudes toward organ donation of undergraduate nurse students

Narrative review on attitudes toward organ donation of undergraduate nurse students

Teaching the Concept of Brain Death in Undergraduate Medical Education

Student nurses at Spanish universities and their attitude toward xenotransplantation

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