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Annette Cerrato1, Emerson Ea, Peter Flom
1About the Authors Annette Cerrato, PhD, RN, is a research assistant professor at SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Nursing, Brooklyn, New York. Emerson Ea, DNP, PhD, APRN-BC, CEN, is a clinical associate professor and director, undergraduate program, New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing. Peter Flom, PhD, is a statistical analysis consultant, New York, New York. The authors thank Dean James Pace, Ann Marie Mauro, Franki Chabalewski, and Matthew Avitable. For more information, write to Dr. Cerrato at ad331@nyu.edu.
Abstract:
Transplant education has been historically unstructured and inconsistent. The purpose of this study was to measure nursing students' knowledge and attitudes toward organ donation, allocation, and preparation for practice using a modified version of the Organ Donation Attitude Questionnaire II-Student Version. Scores were low, particularly regarding brain death and organ allocation. Preparedness for practice was related to knowledge of brain death (z = 2.05, p = .04); knowledge (t = 2.24, p = .03) and attitude (t = 7.55, p < .0001) were related to signing a driver's license. Results support including organ donation and transplant education in nursing curricula.
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