| Name: |
Transplant
Nurse |
| Description: |
Cares
for recipient and living-donor patients
throughout the transplantation process from
end-stage disease to preoperative to
intraoperative experience to aftercare and
long-term follow up |
| Diagnoses: |
End-stage
renal, hepatic, cardiac failure from varied
causes; blood malignancies and solid tumors;
terminal digestive disorders; irreversible major
trauma |
| Practice
roles: |
Staff
nurse, clinical nurse specialist, nurse
practitioner, case manager, transplant
coordinator, organ procurement nurse, research
nurse |
| Characteristics: |
Interdisciplinary
collaboration, evolving technology |
| Client
age group: |
All
ages |
| Drawbacks: |
Organ
resource allocation and other ethical issues,
loss and grief |
| Desirable
skills: |
Knowledge
of high-tech treatments, sensitivity in dealing
with emotional and ethical issues, communication
and teaching skills |
| Education: |
RN
with AD, diploma, or BSN |
| Employers: |
Hospitals
with transplant centers; hospitals without
centers may designate nurses to serve as resource
on organ donation for staff |
| Associations: |
|
| Publications: |
| ITNS
Newsletter |
| 412-928-3667 |
| |
| Journal of
Heart and Lung Transplantation |
| 972-490-9495 |
|
