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<jats:sec><jats:title>Context</jats:title><jats:p> Despite the increase in rates of solid organ transplantation in the past 2 decades, nurses are inconsistently educated regarding issues of organ donation and posttransplant care. </jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective</jats:title><jats:p> To characterize the attitudes of registered nurses before and after a graduate-level elective on issues in transplantation. </jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design</jats:title><jats:p> Pre-experimental, pretest and posttest interventional study </jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Participants</jats:title><jats:p> 30 graduate students, who are registered nurses, who enrolled in a transplant elective at a university in the Southeastern United States </jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Main Outcome Measure</jats:title><jats:p> Investigator-designed survey tool consisting of 18 questions delivered in an electronic format. </jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p> Statistically significant results were seen in nurses' attitudes toward encouraging others to become organ donors ( P = .04), preparation to discuss transplantation with others ( P< .001), advocacy to discuss transplantation among colleagues ( P = .003), confidence in working with transplant patients ( P = .005), confidence in speaking to communities about organ donation ( P = .001), and plans to encourage others to get involved in transplantation ( P = .03). </jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion</jats:title><jats:p> These results support the need for providing focused education on transplantation issues to registered nurses, particularly in the academic setting. </jats:p></jats:sec>