Recent content by nursenelms

Just a quick answer: Every death at EVERY hospital (at least in Texas) is required to call the OPO. From there, the answering service has a list of questions to run down about if this person would even be a potential donor. If they are ruled out, the family is never approached about organ...

Hello everyone! I have been a bit of a lurker for awhile now. I am an RN of 15 years, with 5 years as an organ recovery coordinator in Texas. Anyone that thinks organ donation is all about the money or that we are just anxiously awaiting someone to die....that is not the case. When someone...