KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF NURSES IN ORGAN DONATION AND THE INFLUENCE OF INTERVENTIONS- A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
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Knowledge, Attitude, Organ Donation, Intervention, NursesAbstract
Organ Donation is the process of giving an organ or part of an organ to someone else who needs it to survive. Nurses have proved to be the health fighters who have taken the responsibility very voluntarily with their heart and soul. Nurses are a critical part of health care system and contribute the largest section of the health profession.Increased knowledge and attitude of nurses towards organ donation will influence the people in donating their organs to save patient,s life. In this systematic review, an effort was made to find the present situation of knowledge and attitude of nurses and the effectiveness of the program conducted to encourage them. From the literature it was obvious that in most of the situations the knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation among nurses are not good enough.
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