Qualitative Analysis of Factors That Hinder Intensive Care Unit Nurses in Western China From Encouraging Patients to Donate Organs.

•To the best of our knowledge, China does not have a clear law on the duties of nurses involved in organ donation. However, there are a large number of potential organ donors in the ICU; ICU nurses are the first to identify potential organ donors. This study explored the reasons why ICU nurses refused to participate in organ donation, and thus discovered the existing problems in the implementation of organ donation policy.•There is little research on ICU nurses encouraging patients to donate organs in China. This study aimed to learn the views of ICU nurses, of which were offered as a reference for China and even the world, and to promote the role of ICU nurses in organ donation and the improvement of organ donation policy.