TY - JOUR ID - 4176 TI - Quality of Care of Nursing from Brain Death Patient in ICU Wards JO - Journal of Patient Safety & Quality Improvement JA - PSJ LA - en SN - 2345-4482 AU - Masoumian Hoseini, Seyedeh Toktam AU - Manzari, Zahrasadat AD - Department of Medical Surgical, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Y1 - 2015 PY - 2015 VL - 3 IS - 2 SP - 220 EP - 224 KW - Brain death KW - Nurse's Role KW - Practice KW - Organ Donation DO - 10.22038/psj.2015.4176 N2 - Introduction: Nowadays, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses play a significant and key role in the care of brain dead patients and their families, therefore their Practice extremely important to the success of organ donation. To assess ICU nurse's practice in relation to nurse's role in the organ donation process from brain dead patients in Iran. Materials and Methods:In a cross-sectional analytical study 90 ICU nurses in Ghaem and Imam Reza Hospitals in Mashhad through stratified random sampling allocation method were selected. Data collection tools included a questionnaire on demographic information, factors influencing nurse's practice during the organ donation process and surveying "nurse's practice in relation to their roles in the organ donation process." Results: 90 nurses participated in this study. (70.0%) of the research subjects had spoken with their own families about organ donation, and (20.0%) had organ donation cards. Practice scores were calculated on a scale of 100. The mean score of nurses' practice was (6.04± 3.66). 96.7% of nurses’ weak practice in terms of their roles in the organ donation process. Conclusion: As a result, they do not have adequate practice regard nurse's role in organ donation process and in relation to brain death patient and their families. Therefore it is suggested to include nursing courses in the organ donation process and organ transplantation as well as educational programs to acquaint nurses with their roles in the process to improve their practice by different training methods. UR - https://psj.mums.ac.ir/article_4176.html L1 - https://psj.mums.ac.ir/article_4176_4cb3cb9a492b2e8de31e282f71311675.pdf ER -