Episode 33

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15th Feb 2021

The Life Saving Gift of Organ Donation with Leah Buck, Nurse and Organ Donation Coordinator

On this episode of Found Down, I interview Leah Buck, Nurse and Organ Donation Coordinator about all things organ donation. There are currently over a 100,000 people waiting for life saving organs in the United States because this opportunity does not come as often as one would think. Today we get into why that is and the different paths for organ donation.

If you were ever curious about the complexities of organ donation, please listen in. It is definitely a very complicated but meaningful thing and it takes a village to accomplish - from the patient themselves and their families, the onsite nurses, physicians, respiratory therapists, the organ donation coordinators, the surgeons and the transport crew AMONG MANY OTHERS.

A special thanks to all people who are registered donors and for the donors themselves that have saved hundreds of thousands of lives. And for the families out there that already know this, organ donation can often bring so much hope in a tragic time.

This is a very important episode and I promise you will definitely learn something new. I did.

Thank you, Leah for being on the show. You are so amazing and are doing such incredible work.

Stay Safe and Stay Sane,

Nicole

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This is a bimonthly show full of untold nursing stories, stories about nurses, topics relevant to healthcare and all things in between.
This is a bimonthly show full of untold nursing stories, stories about nurses, topics relevant to healthcare and all things in between. This show is hosted by Critical Care nurse, Nicole Johnson.

This show is meant to be geared for those in the medical field. It is rated E, so it is mature in content. Nurses do like to swear (not in front of their patients of course).

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Nicole Johnson

Nicole Johnson is a Seattle-based Critical Care Nurse with 16 years of clinical experience. She also is the founder of unwoundretreats.com - events, resources, and retreats for nurses by nurses. She believes in offering time and space for nurses to come together and practice restorative practices to help reduce stress and improve well-being.

Nicole started Found Down in 2020 to offer a place to have authentic, raw, and real conversations about issues related to nursing as well as stories from nurses and other healthcare professionals. She recorded many episodes about the reality of working through a pandemic as frontline staff and the impacts it had on people's mental health.

Nicole records, edits, and produces this show independently.

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