南部某準醫學中心急症加護單位護理人員對“器官捐贈”之看法

The purpose of this study is to investigate the perception of nurses, who work in the emergency room or the ICU, towards the organ donation. A total of 232 closed-ended questionnaires was distributed and 226 returned questions were analized. The results found that most subjects responded positively towards organ donation, However, only 30.5% want to donate their own organ after death. Also, this decision could be affected by their families. The samples regard nurse was the first one who found the potential donor, but she was not the one who notice the transplantation team or discus with patient's families in general. Most of them identified the contribution of transplantation to medicine. However, only 32.7% regarded it as worthwhile. For those who had discussed with patient's family, their experiences were negative. Several suggestionsl related to nursing management and further research were also made in the text.