2019-02-042019-02-042019-02-042018-06-11https://ri.ucsal.br/handle/prefix/755Transplantation means the last vital continuity for some individuals, so waiting time is one of the barriers that has been growing in Brazil, with this there is a need for the growth of this number of donations, which is a challenge for society itself. Objective: Identify and understand the challenges in Brazilian awareness of organ donation. Methodology: This is an exploratory-descriptive research, with a qualitative approach, carried out on a documentary basis, operationalized as an integrative review of the literature. Results: Regarding the source of publication of the selected articles, two articles were obtained by international journals, being published in: Saud J. Kidney Transplant and Basknet University Publisher; the other journals were national, and four articles were published in: Arquivo Catarinense Medicina (ACM), Revista Bioética, Texto & Contexto Enfermagem and Caderno Saúde Coletiva. The established languages of the articles were: four in Portuguese and two in English. The countries of origin of these studies were: one in Nigeria, one in Malaysia, and the other four in Brazil. Final Considerations: It is noted that there is a main refusal of the family and the population itself, since they do not have enough knowledge about organ donation and the whole process that involves it.Acesso AbertoDoação de órgãosDesafiosConscientizaçãoOrgan donationChallengesAwarenessTrabalho de Conclusão de CursoCiências da SaúdeEnfermagem