Edu­ca­tion­al Oppor­tu­ni­ties for Hos­pi­tal Professionals

Iowa Donor Net­work offers a vari­ety of edu­ca­tion­al oppor­tu­ni­ties for hos­pi­tal pro­fes­sion­als includ­ing but not lim­it­ed to nurs­es, physi­cians, social work­ers, res­pi­ra­to­ry ther­a­pists, and chaplains.

  • In-per­son pre­sen­ta­tions (nurs­ing con­tact hours offered at no charge for pre­sen­ta­tions at least 60 min­utes in length)
  • Cus­tomized edu­ca­tion tai­lored to audi­ence, infor­ma­tion request­ed, and time limits
  • Online train­ing and com­put­er-based learn­ing modules
  • One-page edu­ca­tion­al resources and clin­i­cal trig­ger cards

Iowa Donor Net­work is also avail­able to part­ner with your hos­pi­tal to help ensure that all Cen­ter for Medicare and Medicaid’s Con­di­tions of Par­tic­i­pa­tion are met. This may include train­ing for new employ­ees, annu­al train­ing for all employ­ees, updates on pol­i­cy and pro­ce­dure changes, or when issues are iden­ti­fied through the hos­pi­tal’s QAPI program.


Free E-Learning Module

Donation 101: The Hospital’s Role

The oppor­tu­ni­ty to donate one’s organs, tis­sues, and eyes is an impor­tant and endur­ing deci­sion for any­one. Health­care pro­fes­sion­als are an inte­gral part of the dona­tion process. The pur­pose of this course is to pro­vide a gen­er­al overview of the health­care pro­fes­sion­al’s role in the dona­tion process:

  • Describe the hos­pi­tal’s role and respon­si­bil­i­ty in the dona­tion process 
  • Iden­ti­fy how and when to noti­fy Iowa Donor Network
  • Sum­ma­rize the impor­tance of using dis­cre­tion and sen­si­tiv­i­ty with poten­tial donor families
  • State the role of IDN in the con­sent process
  • Iden­ti­fy organs and tis­sues for dona­tion and transplantation

Organ Donation Toolbox


The Organ Dona­tion Tool­box was devel­oped by the Organ Dona­tion Alliance to pro­vide donor hos­pi­tals and organ pro­cure­ment orga­ni­za­tions easy access to a vari­ety of best prac­tices resources includ­ing tem­plates, arti­cles, forms and pre­sen­ta­tions on numer­ous donor man­age­ment relat­ed topics.

Our Vision:

All are inspired to donate life.