Cheryl is in her 45th year of nursing career, all of which has been in critical care and worked as a staff nurse and transitioned to management over critical care and maternal child nursing. During that time Cheryl did some work in rehabilitation medicine, managing a TBI unit, and later worked with home hospice and infusion patients. Additionally, Cheryl worked as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Critical care, with a focus on Neurosurgery and Trauma. Cheryl was recruited by anesthesia to work with a group of CNS folks who took call for high-risk OB moms in labor. Cheryl loves caring for organ donors from the beginning of my career. As a CNS for Neurosurgery/Trauma, Cheryl was recruited by OPO colleagues to join their team. Cheryl started in November of 1996 and has never regretted that decision. Cheryl has held numerous roles with New England Donor services but enjoys education and mentoring the most.
Normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) is an innovative approach to maintaining organ viability following the determination of circulatory death (DCD). The comprehensive and collaborative approach required to facilitate an NRP recovery has increased organ utilization while reducing waitlist deaths. In this session, we will be joined by leaders in the community who will share their respective journeys to NRP implementation in partnership with their local OPO or receiving Transplant Center(s). Methods on how to engage key stakeholders will be shared along with examples of how to overcome potential barriers, resulting in more lives saved through this increasingly prevalent method of procurement.