title: Improving attitudes and knowledge toward organ donation among nursing students.
abstract: This study explored how an educational intervention related to organ donation affected the knowledge and attitude of a randomized two group sample of baccalaureate nursing students. A convenience sample of 101 subjects in the experimental group and 83 subjects in the control group were asked to complete a pretest. One week later the experimental group attended a one hour education intervention. Two weeks after intervention the pretest questionnaire was administered as a post test to the experimental and control groups. The introduction of specific education strategies improved the attitudes and knowledge base of the experimental group. SPSS results indicated a 40% increase in knowledge and an 8.5% increase in attitudes in the experimental group. Post-intervention knowledge was the sole significant predictor of post-intervention attitude scores. Results support nurse educator's use of a short term educational intervention as a means to improve knowledge and attitudes towards donation among nursing students.
authors.affiliation: Samford University, USA. dwhisena@samford.edu
authors.forename: Debra P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Whisenant
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Woodring
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017145:Models, Educational; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D014481:United States