As a donor cousin and niece, I personally feel the nurses role in the organ donation process is very important. The death of a loved one is often the first time a family thinks abouts or realizes the possibility of donation. A nurse that has been involved with the family may help ease the families fears. The nore they know about the process from beginning to the end could help them to assist the family.

Please include Organ Donation Education in the Virginia curriculum for nurses so this important piece will become a standard continuum of care for all Virginians. 

Sincerely,

Davaline  Perry