NURS411 Exam Study Set
Gift of Life Donor Program - Answer non-profit OPO/tissue reovery/eye bank. establishes
1974.. largest OPO n US. federally designated OPO ( by Medicare) for eastern PA ,
Southern NJ and Delaware. 131 acute care hospitals , 15 transplant centers, and 40
programs. 11.2 million population.
organ transplant waiting lists - Answer 4505 kidney, 474 Liver, 186 Lung, 111 Heart, 88
Kidney-Pancreas, 32 Pancreas, 2 heart-lung, 0 intestine
end of life care considerations - Answer withdrawal vs. deceleration, care & comfort,
organ donation, spiritual and cultural needs
optimal medical management of the potential organ donor - Answer continued intensity
of support, focus shift from cerebral protective strategies to optimizing donor organs
for transplantation, critical period: Facilitates donor somatic survival, maintains organs
to be procured best condition, donor management impact organ function
Gift of Life Donor Program - all organ donors by cause of death - Answer CVA 23%,
trauma 18%, anoxia 59%
neuro Exam Donation after brain Death. - Answer exam consistent with brain death,
support family through grave prognosis, death determined by Neuro criteria, ensure
family understands death has occurred, approach family about donation options (GLDP
and Care Team), support family through informed decision making process, support
patient during organ evaluation and allocation, patient transferred to OR, surgical
recovery.
neuro Exam Donation after Organ Donor Pathways - Answer exam NOT consistent with
Brain death, care team/family discuss grave prognosis and withdrawal of life sustaining
therapies, ensure family understands grave prognosis, approach family about donation
options (GLDP and Care team), support family through informed decision making
process, support patient during organ evaluation and allocation, patient transferred to
OR/withdrawal of Life Support, death determined by cardio-pulmonary criteria, surgical
recovery
Brain Death - Answer according to the Uniform Determination of Death Act, an individual
who has sustained an irreversible cessation of all brain function, including the brain
stem, is dead. Brain Death Pronouncement = Death.
brain death is NOT - Answer coma, persistent vegetative state (PVS), or "locked-in"
syndrome
determination of brain death - Answer FIND a cause: clinical or neuroimaging evidence
of a central nervous system catastrophe that is compatible with the diagnosis of brain
death. injury must be IRREVERSIBLE: allow sufficient time to exclude the possibility of
reversibility if uncertain. rule out CONFOUNDERS: patient is not hypotensive,
Gift of Life Donor Program - Answer non-profit OPO/tissue reovery/eye bank. establishes
1974.. largest OPO n US. federally designated OPO ( by Medicare) for eastern PA ,
Southern NJ and Delaware. 131 acute care hospitals , 15 transplant centers, and 40
programs. 11.2 million population.
organ transplant waiting lists - Answer 4505 kidney, 474 Liver, 186 Lung, 111 Heart, 88
Kidney-Pancreas, 32 Pancreas, 2 heart-lung, 0 intestine
end of life care considerations - Answer withdrawal vs. deceleration, care & comfort,
organ donation, spiritual and cultural needs
optimal medical management of the potential organ donor - Answer continued intensity
of support, focus shift from cerebral protective strategies to optimizing donor organs
for transplantation, critical period: Facilitates donor somatic survival, maintains organs
to be procured best condition, donor management impact organ function
Gift of Life Donor Program - all organ donors by cause of death - Answer CVA 23%,
trauma 18%, anoxia 59%
neuro Exam Donation after brain Death. - Answer exam consistent with brain death,
support family through grave prognosis, death determined by Neuro criteria, ensure
family understands death has occurred, approach family about donation options (GLDP
and Care Team), support family through informed decision making process, support
patient during organ evaluation and allocation, patient transferred to OR, surgical
recovery.
neuro Exam Donation after Organ Donor Pathways - Answer exam NOT consistent with
Brain death, care team/family discuss grave prognosis and withdrawal of life sustaining
therapies, ensure family understands grave prognosis, approach family about donation
options (GLDP and Care team), support family through informed decision making
process, support patient during organ evaluation and allocation, patient transferred to
OR/withdrawal of Life Support, death determined by cardio-pulmonary criteria, surgical
recovery
Brain Death - Answer according to the Uniform Determination of Death Act, an individual
who has sustained an irreversible cessation of all brain function, including the brain
stem, is dead. Brain Death Pronouncement = Death.
brain death is NOT - Answer coma, persistent vegetative state (PVS), or "locked-in"
syndrome
determination of brain death - Answer FIND a cause: clinical or neuroimaging evidence
of a central nervous system catastrophe that is compatible with the diagnosis of brain
death. injury must be IRREVERSIBLE: allow sufficient time to exclude the possibility of
reversibility if uncertain. rule out CONFOUNDERS: patient is not hypotensive,
