Soliciting organ donations by medical personnel and organ donation coordinators: A factor analysis

Abstract

The literature on organ donation in Taiwan lacks a discussion of the roles of medical staff, organ donors, and transplant coordinators in organ donation. The biggest plight of organ donation is lack of the organ donations. When we probed the possibilities of not finish the organ donation procedure, such as religions, traditions and cultural belief, disease cognitions, and the failure of persuasion or the loss of organ donors. There are lots of research literature shown that the attitude of medical personnel would influence the willingness of organ donation or persuasion. This study considered such personnel and their participation in organ donation, specifically analyzing factors influencing their effectiveness. Snowball sampling was adopted to recruit medical staff, organ donors, and transplant coordinators for an online survey. The results revealed that some participants were unclear as to how to initiate the organ donation process and what practical operations are involved. Even with the necessary qualifications, some participants remained passive when soliciting organ donations in clinical practice. Organ donation coordinators with experience in caring for organ donors who attended organ donation courses performed well in soliciting organ donations. The researchers recommend that training courses on clinical planning and organ donation are incorporated into intensive care training and that they serve as the basis for counsellors soliciting organ donations to increase nurses’ willingness to solicit organ donations.

Ruolo dell’infermiere nella diffusione della cultura nella donazione d’organo: indagine su conoscenza ed opinione.

“…Le modalità comunicative, le opinioni e l'educazione ricevuta, oltre alla personale idea in merito alla donazione e al trapianto di chi si occupa dei potenziali donatori, influenza la ricerca di questi e relativi loro familiari (4). In particolare, in alcuni contesti, gli infermieri che si occupano di assistenza domiciliare sembrerebbero essere a favore della donazione nonostante la maggioranza del campione esprima una certa incertezza sulla donazione dei propri organi (5). Gli infermieri ospedalieri, invece, sembrerebbero riscontrare una certa difficoltà nel consigliare la donazione a causa di un'insufficiente formazione, per la riluttanza nel farsi coinvolgere dal dolore e dalla sofferenza delle famiglie e per il timore che la proposta possa essere percepita come una rinuncia ad offrire le migliori cure (6).…”