Organ Donation: From End-of-Life to a New Beginning

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

This session expands knowledge of organ donors after brain and circulatory death. Key concepts include evidence-based guidelines, pharmacologic interventions, strategies to maximize organ function and specialty consents needed for donation. Interventions to engage families are reviewed. Representatives from the ICU and organ procurement as well as poignant insights from a donor mom conclude the session in a video to highlight best practices from all perspectives.

Objectives

Identify key criteria utilized for confirming brain death or determining opportunity for organ donation after circulatory death.
Apply multidisciplinary strategies for facilitating organ donation in pediatric and adult patients while supporting their families.
Employ evidence-based guidelines for management of the potential organ donor, including pharmacologic agents.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for {contactHours} contact hours.

Disclosures

Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content will be identified by the Nurse Planner within the activity. Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content has been mitigated.

Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education only and does not imply AACN, ANCC, or CBRN approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity. Activities with pharmacology hours are to assist the APRN in fulfilling the pharmacotherapeutic education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Activities meet the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your own state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting your certificate of completion.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.