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Aim: The study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between nurses' organ donation attitudes and feelings of compassion. Method: Sample and 680 nurses working in the university hospital were included in the sample of the study, which was conducted in the cross-sectional-descriptive type, and a total of 200 nurses with or without organ donation cards (100 individuals) constituted the sample of the study. Data were collected by using the Descriptive İnformation Form, Organ Donation Attitude Scale (OBST) and Compassion Scale (BC). In the study, the Descriptive Information Form, Organ Donation Attitude Scale (OBST) and Compassion Scale (BC) were used as data collection tools. Frequency, Percentage, Pearson Product of Moments, Correlation Analysis, t Test, One Way Variance Analysis (ANOVA), Durbin Watson Test, Simple Linear Regression Analysis, Dunnet T3 Post Hoc Test, LSD Post Hoc Test, Mann Whitney U Test, Cronbach Alpha test was used and these analyzes were evaluated with SPSS 22.00 statistical package program. Findings: According to our findings, 51% of those with organ donation card, 31% of those without donation card had an acquaintance with organ failure, 43% of those who does not have donate card has do not want to donate their organs, (less than the ones who have donate card) 20.3% do not want because of body integrity concern and 42% considered organ donation of health professionals as a professional responsibility.In the ones who have donation card, the mean score of Charity Ethics Beliefs, the mean scores of benevolent moral beliefs, perceived medically neglect and fear of physical injury were 117.77±6.53, 18.36±5.96, 18.29±5.96, respectively. The mean scores of Affection, Awareness of Consciousness, Conscious Awareness, which are sub-dimensions of MÖ, were 4.37±0.44, 4.14±0.49, 4.27±0.36; 4.21±0.58, 4.12±0.63 4.18±0.58 and the difference between them was statistically significant (p<0.05). Conclusion: Sense of mercy affects organ donation attitudes. It is suggested that, organizing training plans for organ donation should be arranged to raise awareness among individuals, disseminating strategies should be prepared to promote health professionals for organ donation, and research on organ donation concerns should be conducted.

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