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Sharing (2015) organ donations and transplantation are the removal of organs and tissues from one person and placed into another person’s body. There are currently 123,254 people in the United States awaiting an organ transplant. Every ten minutes someone is added to the national transplant waiting list. One organ donor can save 8 lives. Although there is an average of 6 transplants daily, 21 people die daily awaiting an organ donor. 90% of Americans say that they support organ donation but…

As of August 2017, more than 116,000 of people are on the national transplant waiting list and at least twenty people die each day waiting for a transplant. Organ donation is a process of surgically removing an organ or tissue from one person (the organ donor) and placing it into another person (the organ recipient). Transplantation is needed because the organ recipient’s organ(s) have either failed or been damaged by a fatal disease or injury. The organs that can be donated are; hearts, lungs,…

In the medical environment, blood transfusions are a common method of providing patients with the necessary fluid components to maintain vital bodily functions. Blood can be harvested and donated from other individuals, or can be taken from the patient and preserved for autologous use. Whichever the case, this procedure has saved countless lives on end and remains a crucial part of nursing. It is imperative that such a useful procedure be taken seriously in the workplace since there remains a…

“More than 123,000 people are waiting for organ transplants. Some won’t receive a transplant in time, some suffer through years of pain and medical care before finally receiving the transplant they need, and others are rejected the opportunity of a transplant because they don’t meet the criteria. The average waiting time for a heart transplant is 4 years, a kidney transplant 5 years, and a liver transplant 11 years,” (Life Donor Program). Although theologians, politicians, preachers, and the…

Blood transfusions are used to save our lives and there are many errors that can occur and potentially harm people’s lives. The most common blood transfusion error has to do with negligence of the nurses themselves. These mistakes could include blood samples that are being mislabeled for another patient, blood being ordered for wrong patient, and wrong samples taken from the wrong patient (Lippi & Plebani, 2011). The errors that occur in the health field can lead back to the wrong process in…

Do Organ Donations Save Lives or Destroy Them? There are different arguments as to why or why not a person should be an organ donor. The first argument that is considered is if doctors should have a say if the person should donate their organs or not. Another argument amongst organ donors is that if the relatives of the patient should be the one to decide if that person should donate if that person is unable to give consent to do so. The patient’s religious views are also a reason why someone…

failure of certain body organs. Organ transplantation is a surgical operation where a damaged or failing organ in the body of a human being is removed and replaced with another one from a donor. It calls for the participation of human beings in the donation of organs from deceased of living people. The incidences of vital organ failure cannot match the inadequate supply of organs as few people are willing to donate. As a result, many people are dying as they wait for an individual to donate the…

678 people were awaiting organ transplants. Unfortunately, in the United States today, thousands of people who need organ transplants spend an average of 3.6 years waiting on the transplant lists (“Organ Donation and Transplantation Statistics”). The current, voluntary consent system of organ donation in the United States drastically fails to provide for patients on the waiting lists. I am here to explain why the United States should adopt a new presumed…

Organ donation: Ethical issues in organ transplant What is a transplant? An organ transplant is a surgical operation where a failing or damaged organ in the human body is removed and replaced with a new one. When the organ is finally transplanted the body has to fight off rejection. Rejection means the body is fighting off the new organ. (Link 1) History There were many failures at the start of organ transplants but by the mid-20th century Doctor’s were successfully performing organ…

Public Policies and Consent for Organ Donation Required Request Required request proposals typically mandate hospitals to develop and implement policies to ensure that healthcare providers (HCP 's) approach all families of "potential" organ donors once brain death is determined(Siminoff & Mercer, 2001). Potential donors are usually victims of accident caused trauma, sudden acute illness, or self-inflicted injury. In all such cases, a diagnosis of brain death establishes that the body 's internal…