A study to assess the awareness regarding organ donation among nursing students in selected nursing colleges of Jaipur
Volume 2, Issue 2, Article Number: 252009 (2025)
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Nisha Lamoria1,* | Nemi Chand Jat1
1S. N. Institute of Nursing Sciences, Nirwan University Jaipur, Jaipur – 303305, Rajasthan (India)
*Corresponding Author: nishalamoria16@gmail.com
Received: 30 November 2025 | Revised: 25 December 2025
Accepted: 29 December 2025 | Published Online: 30 December 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18066189
© 2025 The Authors, under a Creative Commons license, Published by Scholarly Publication
Abstract
Due to a large gap between the need for organs and the number of available organs, organ donation in India presents a challenge to the public’s health. The gap arises due to the lack of knowledge about organ donation and the enduring myths that affect the public’s view on organ donation. The nursing students will be the health-care providers of the future and will therefore have an important part to play in raising awareness of organ donation. The aim of this study was to determine how much knowledge nursing students in selected nursing colleges in Jaipur have about organ donation and how that knowledge relates to their demographic characteristics. A quantitative descriptive study was conducted with 100 nursing students selected by convenience sampling. A structured questionnaire with 30 multiple-choice questions about organ donation was used to collect data. Results indicated that 45% of nursing students had good knowledge, 30% had average knowledge, and 25% had poor knowledge, with an average score of 14.55±1.90 (48.5%). Knowledge of organ donation was found to be significantly associated with parental education, area of residence, parental occupation and previous knowledge but not with age, gender or religion. The results of this study suggest that structured educational programs and integrated curricula would increase the level of knowledge about organ donation in nursing students and promote their ability to act as advocates for organ donation.
Keywords
Organ donation, Knowledge and awareness, Nursing education, Public health
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N. Lamoria and N. C. Jat, “A study to assess the awareness regarding organ donation among nursing students in selected nursing colleges of Jaipur,” Radius: Journal of Science and Technology 2(2) (2025) 252009.
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