1. Role of urgent care staff in organ donation.
- Author
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Garside M and Garside J
- Subjects
- Advance Care Planning, Attitude to Health, Bereavement, Critical Pathways, Donor Selection organization & administration, Emergency Service, Hospital, England, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Nursing Evaluation Research, Registries, Emergency Nursing organization & administration, Nurse Clinicians organization & administration, Nurse's Role, Tissue and Organ Procurement organization & administration
- Abstract
A detailed review of donation activity since the introduction of an embedded specialist nurse in organ donation (SNOD) in Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has confirmed the benefits of this role for the identification and referral of potential donors by emergency department (ED) staff. This article argues that, as EDs across the U.K. introduce SNODs, more organs will become available for transplant.
- Published
- 2010
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