Abstract
Introduction: Organ transplantation is an effective therapy for end-stage organ failure. However, there is a large gap between the need for and the supply of donor organs. Nurses have a major role to play in tackling organ and tissue shortages. The main objective of the study was to assess the level of knowledge and attitude on organ donation among nursing students at Biratnagar.
 Methodology: Descriptive cross-sectional study design among Post Basic Bachelor in Nursing (PBBN) students was carried out in Birat Health College, Biratnagar. A census method using a self-administered semi-structured questionnaire was used for the data collection in 113 respondents. Descriptive statistics i.e., mean, median and standard deviation was used to assess the level of knowledge. Inferential statistics i.e., Chi-square test was used to find out the association between level of knowledge and attitude on organ donation with selected demographic variables. The findings of the study showed that out of 113 respondents, the mean age of respondents was 24.41 years. Similarly, 32.7% of the respondents were from 1st year, 33.6% from 2nd year and 33.6% from 3rd year. More than half, (60%) of the respondents were Brahmin/Chhetri. Similarly, (68.1%) had heard about organ donation from colleagues. Among the studied respondents, (69.9%) had average knowledge of organ donation and almost all (99.1%) of respondents possessed a positive attitude on organ donation.
 Conclusion: The majority of the respondents had an average level of knowledge and a positive attitude regarding organ donation. The level of knowledge was associated with ethnicity rather than other socio-demographic variables.
Highlights
Organ transplantation is an effective therapy for end-stage organ failure
This study showed that 76.1% of the respondents were from age-group 21-15 years, this study is similar with the research conducted at Chitwan Medical College, Nepal by (Karki et al, 2015) which revealed that most of the respondents (58%) were 20-25 years of age group
Regarding respondent’s ethnicity, more than half (53.1%) of the respondents belonged to Brahmin/Chettri which was similar to the study conducted by (9) which showed most of the respondents (74%) were Brahmin/Chettri
Summary
Organ transplantation is an effective therapy for end-stage organ failure. there is a large gap between the need for and the supply of donor organs. Nurses have a major role to play in tackling organ and tissue shortages. The main objective of the study was to assess the level of knowledge and attitude on organ donation among nursing students at Biratnagar. The removal of tissue from human body that may be living or dead for the purpose of transplantation into another person as a treatment protocol is organ donation. The organs that can be donated and transplanted are: kidney, heart, liver, pancreas, intestine, lungs, skin, bone marrow, cornea, etc.[1]. There are two types of donors- Live donor and Cadaver donor (brain dead) these donors are further divided into two types of donor- Related donor and unrelated donor.[2] With the Dr Joseph Murray’s first kidney transplant recipient who lived for eight years, the promise of human organ transplant was empiric ally evidenced. In India, total 9.5 million deaths annually occurs due to organ failure which is nearly 100,000 and to save and extend lives, organ donation and organ transplantation have become the only hope where Health care professionals (HCPs) are key persons in facilitating the organ donation process.[4]
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