Browsing by Subject "transplantation"

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    Knowledge and attitudes of undergraduate nurses towards organ donation and transplantation in a selected campus of a college in the Eastern Cape
    (2016) Gidimisana, Nozibele Dorothy; Fouché, Nicola A; Mayers, Pat
    South Africa has a low organ donation and transplantation rate despite the availability of medical professionals with the expertise to perform such transplants. This can be attributed to various factors, such as knowledge and attitudes towards organ donation and transplantation. Despite the efforts of the Organ Donor Foundation in South Africa by conducting awareness and education campaigns organ donation rates remains low. There is a wide discrepancy in the rate of organ donation among the different ethnic groups in the country, perhaps due to a lack of knowledge or for cultural or religious reasons. Nurses, as health-care providers, have an important role to play in enabling patients and families to deal with the topic of organ donation. This cross-sectional study investigated the knowledge and attitudes of 268 pre-registration nursing students towards organ donation, at a nursing college in Mthatha, using an anonymous, self- administered questionnaire for data collection. A stratified convenient sampling method was used. The data was captured and analysed using the SPSS statistical package, Version 21; thereafter, descriptive and cross-tabulation analyses were performed on the data. Results: The majority of respondents (62.8%) were aware of organ donation with a small number (1.6%) registered as organ donors. Ethnicity and religion did not influence an individual's decision to donate his/her organs, which suggested that the decision was a personal one. There was no association between age group and willingness to donate a kidney to a relative, although younger respondents were willing to donate kidneys as living donors. There was also no clear relationship between gender and willingness to donate an organ (p-values of 0.03). Knowledge about organ donation was seen as a strong predictor of the attitudes towards organ donation. The majority of respondents were willing to donate organs for transplantation to save the lives of others. It is highly recommended from the results of the study that awareness campaigns to promote organ donation using various strategies and emphasising altruistic motives can increase the organs for donation.
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    Organ donation Week 1 - History of brain death
    (2017) Thomson, David
    This video focuses on the history of brain death. It discusses the religious definition of death and the methods used before that lead to public's mistrust in death determination. It also discusses how the link between breathing and life is still a core concept in modern medicine. It then touches on how intensive care has blurred the lines between breathing and life. The video then discusses the standard in various countries for brain death. It also touches on how they vary and are similar. The video then discusses South Africa's legislation regarding brain death. This is video 3/10 in week 1 of the Organ Donation course
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    Organ donation Week 3 - Donation - who can donate what
    (2017) Thomson, David
    This video focuses on who can be organ donors. The video lists the types of organs that can be donated and the time constraints with regards to how long after death. The video also discusses the number of lives that can be saved by an organ donor. It also touches on donor suitability and the donor pool. The video then provides examples of when organ donation can be stopped. It also discusses the types of medical conditions that do not preclude transplantation. It then touches on organ dysfunction. This is video 1/7 in week 3 of the Organ Donation course.