A study to assess the knowledge regarding organ donation among b.sc nursing students (i year) at sree balaji college of nursing chrompet, chennai

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Uma Maheswari S

Organ donation is the gift of one’s body parts, from a person who has recently died, or from a living donor, for the purpose of transplantation. Transplantation is an operation, which involves the replacement of diseased and defective organs and tissues with healthy ones from donors. This transplant treatment aims at saving patient that can only be saved with the organ transplantation surgery. A Study was conducted to assess the knowledge regarding organ donation among B.Sc nursing students I year. The findings were (60%) have inadequate knowledge, (33%) have moderate knowledge and (7%) of them has adequate knowledge.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2017.3278.0246
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