Webinar Series WB0033
Part of AACN Critical Care Webinar Series
Presenter(s): Richard Arbour, MSN,RN,CCRN,CNRN,CCNS,CCTC,FAAN,FCCM
Contact Hours 1.00
CERP C 1.00
Expired 8/1/2026
Topics: Neurology
Population: Adult
Role: Staff
With so many patients waiting for transplant, the option to save a life by donating organs may help families come to some resolution of grief over the death of a loved one. In this webinar we will discuss the sequence of physiologic events that occurs following neurological injury that leads to a terminal outcome. The speaker will identify the optimal timing for medical intervention to make sure any patient who experiences a non-cardiac death may still be a viable organ donor, should the family choose to consent to organ donation. Early intervention to maintain organ function provides time for evaluation by the Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) and discussion with the family about potential organ donation.
Richard Arbour, MSN,RN,CCRN,CNRN,CCNS,CCTC,FAAN,FCCM
Richard Arbour is a critical care and neuroscience clinical nurse specialist at Lancaster General Hospital/Penn Medicine in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He has a broad base of 33 years of clinical experience in the care of critically ill patients with a focus on neurologic critical care, identification and management of the potential organ donor and family care at end-of-life. His publications addressing brain death and organ transplantation are widely cited and used nationally, internationally and by organ procurement organizations as teaching tools for clinical management of the brain-dead organ donor.
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 1.00 contact hours.
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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.Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.
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