title: Experience of nurses in the process of donation of organs and tissues for transplant.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to investigate the meaning of the action of nurses in the donation process to maintain the viability of organs and tissues for transplantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  this qualitative study with a social phenomenological approach was conducted through individual interviews with ten nurses of three Organ and Tissue Procurement Services of the city of São Paulo.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the experience of the nurses in the donation process was represented by the categories: obstacles experienced in the donation process, and interventions performed. The meaning of the action to maintain the viability of organs and tissues for transplantation was described by the categories: to change paradigms, to humanize the donation process, to expand the donation, and to save lives.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  knowledge of the experience of the nurses in this process is important for healthcare professionals who work in different realities, indicating strategies to optimize the procurement of organs and tissues for transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Edvaldo Leal
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: de Moraes
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcelo José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Miriam Aparecida Barbosa
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Merighi
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Cristina Komatsu Braga
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Massarollo
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D016377:Organ Transplantation; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement