Abstract :
Background: Organ donation is the process when a person allows an organ of their own to be removed and transplanted to another person, legally, either by consent while the donor is alive or dead with the assent of the next of kin. Organ donation is the process of surgically removing an organ or tissue from one person (the organ donor) and placing it into another person (the recipient). Transplantation is necessary because the recipient’s organ has failed or has been damaged by disease or injury. Organs that can be donated include the liver, kidney, pancreas and heart. The first living organ donor in a successful transplant was Ronald Lee Herrick (1931–2010), who donated a kidney to his identical twin brother in 1954. The lead surgeon, Joseph Murray, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990 for advances in organ transplantation.
Objectives: 1) Assess the knowledge regarding organ donation among 3rd year GNM nursing students. 2) To evaluate the effectiveness of planned educational programme on knowledge regarding organ donation among 3rd year GNM nursing students. 3) To find the association between the level of knowledge with selected socio demographic variables.
Methodology: The research design used for this study is pre experimental (one group pre-test) design. The independent variable is the planned educational programme and the dependent variable is knowledge of GNM students regarding organ donation. This chapter describes the methodology followed to assess the knowledge and perception of organ donation among GNM students in selected schools of Nursing at Vijayapur. The tool used for the study is self-administered knowledge Questionnaire to assess the knowledge of GNM students regarding organ donation. Content validity of the tool is given by experts and tool is found to be reliable and feasible. Planned Educational Programme is prepared to enhance the knowledge about organ donation among GNM students and is validated by the experts before administration. The main study was conducted for 4 weeks in the selected schools of Nursing at Bijapur. Pre-test was done to the GNM students and assessed their knowledge.
Results: In the pre-test, level of knowledge of 3rd year GNM students studying in school of Nursing Vijayapur before using Planned Education Programme. In that 33(55.0%) XII of 3rd year GNM students were having Inadequate knowledge, 24(40.0%) having Moderate knowledge and 3(5.0%) of 3rd year GNM students were having Adequate knowledge about Organ Donation. In the post test, level of knowledge of 3rd year GNM students studying in school of Nursing, Vijayapur after using Planned Education Programme. In that 21(35.0%) of 3rd year GNM students were have Adequate knowledge, 39(65.0%) of them have Moderate knowledge and none of 3rd year GNM students have Inadequate knowledge. The finding showed that the mean post-test knowledge score of the subjects was 26.5 is higher than the mean pre-test score of 16.3. The calculated ‘t’ value obtained from paired ‘t’ test was -31.6 (p-valueInterpretation and Conclusion: The result of the study showed that, there was a significant improvement obtained following PEP on Organ Donation. This study enlightens that there is an immense need for educational programme in school of nursing to improve the knowledge of 3rd year GNM students regarding Organ Donation.
Keyword :
Evaluate, Effectiveness, Planned Educational Programme, Knowledge, Organ donation, GNM students.