The Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Organ Donation and Organ Transplantation

Abstract

Sawai Man Singh Hospital, Jaipur, is one of the largest hospitals of the country. This government hospital is staffed with 700 doctors, 1770 nurses, and paramedical and technical staff with 2282 beds in 72 wards. The construction of the hospital building began in 1934 and opened in 1936 as a city dispensary. The hospital is named after Sawai Man Singh II, the then King of Jaipur. It has many specialty and super-specialty departments. Sawai Man Singh Hospital, Jaipur, started live kidney transplant in 1994, and now cornea, skin and liver are being transplanted. Organ donation is one of the greatest advances of modern science that has given many patients a renewed lease of life. Nursing staff can play a very significant role to motivate the relatives for organ donation. It may only be possible if they themselves have required knowledge and positive attitude regarding organ donation and organ transplant.
In Sawai Man Singh Hospital, Jaipur, there are 12 ICUs. In these ICUs, more than 200 nursing staff are working. Organ donation and organ transplant are important issues in the present scenario. Nursing staff of ICUs can play a very significant role to motivate the relatives for organ donation. The researcher is working in the above-said hospital as the nursing superintendent; it was felt that there is a need to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation and organ transplantation among nursing staff working in ICUs in Sawai Man Singh Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan. So this study was done. It was a descriptive survey. The aim was to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation and organ transplantation among nursing staff working in ICUs in Sawai Man Singh Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan. The population was nursing staff working in ICUs in Sawai Man Singh Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan. The sample size was 150 and sampling technique was purposive sampling. The knowledge was assessed by structured questionnaire and attitude was assessed by Likert scale. The nursing staff have good knowledge, i.e. 89 (59.34%), 50(33.33%) have very good knowledge, and 11 (7.33%) have average knowledge. 141 (94%) of the nursing staff have positive attitude and 9 (6%) of the nursing staff have negative attitude regarding organ donation and organ transplantation.