Jade Barnes

MSN, APRN, AGACNP-BC
Job Title: Nurse Practitioner
Organization: Southwest Transplant Alliance

Jade Barnes is an acute care nurse practitioner with extensive experience in trauma, surgical critical care, and organ procurement. She is passionate about honoring the gift of donation, supporting donor families, and collaborating with healthcare teams to ensure every opportunity to save and heal lives is realized. Through her work and volunteer service, Jade is committed to advancing public awareness and trust in the organ donation process.

Professional Information

Alliance Presentations

Expedited Processes

When Time is Limited: Exploring Strategies for Expedited Organ Donation Cases

Tuesday, April 14, 2026, at 2:00pm
Rapid or expedited organ donation cases present unique clinical and operational challenges that require early identification potential expedited cases, coordinated internal processes, and effective external collaboration with donor hospitals and transplant centers, all while maintaining safety, ethical integrity, and quality standards. This session will provide organ donation and transplantation professionals with insight into highly functional processes used by other organ procurement organizations to safely maximize the gift of donation under the pressure of time or stability constraints

Lifelong Networks

Our partners are the heart and soul of our organization. For more than 15 years, they have played a vital role providing quality education and programs to advance a shared mission.