Table 3: The knowledge of students regarding brain death.
Information about brain death | Grade 1 students | Grade 4 students | Statistical evaluation |
N (%) | N (%) | χ2 | p |
Has information about brain death been provided within the course of nursing education? |
Yes | 69 (24) | 221 (76) | 122.799 | 0.000 |
No | 156 (72) | 59 (28) |
Partly | 127 (53) | 111 (47) |
Do you think that brain death is the death of a person/it is irreversible? |
Yes | 146 (36) | 262 (64) | 49.024 | 0.000 |
No | 113 (63) | 67 (37) |
Uncertain | 93 (60) | 62 (40) |
Do you approve organ transplantation from a donor with brain death? |
Yes | 145 (36) | 252 (64) | 40.270 | 0.000 |
No | 87 (60) | 58 (40) |
Uncertain | 120 (60) | 81 (40) |