?We recently revised our sepsis screen to simplify it and include exclusion criteria. Nurses have since questioned screening the patient who has been designated an organ donor. I feel we should not exclude these individuals from screening as we are concerned about organ viability. Any other facilities not screening the organ donors.
Dawn M. Drahnak, DNP, RN, CCNS, CCRN Assistant Professor Pitt-Johnstown Baccalaureate Nursing Program 220 Nursing and Health Sciences Building Johnstown PA 15904 814-269-2045 Office 814-269-2995 Nursing Office 814-242-9111 Cell [email protected] "The eye cannot see what the mind does not know" author unknown
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