[Nursing participation in the coordination of organ transplants].
The significant growth and development in the field of transplantation has enabled people who suffer from a terminal disease to live longer and with a better quality of life. However, there is still a lack of sensibility for organ/tissue donation in our society. The list of people waiting for an organ grows every day, but not the list of donors. The truth is that without a donor, there is no transplant. Nurses play an important role in this process. They have the knowledge, clinical experience, and management skills to collaborate, organize, and implement specific activities in the transplant process. These activities will be explained in this article. Transplant Coordinator Nurses have the potential to develop their skills in different areas of nursing: patient care, research, teaching and humanism.
Aguilar Méndez
Claudia
C
Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, INCICH, Juan Badiano No. 1, Col. Sección XVI, Tlalpan, 14080 México, D. F.
Suárez Vázquez
María Guadalupe
MG
Pinson Guerra
Ana Guadalupe
AG
D006801:Humans; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000451:nursing*; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*