A transplant nurse at Mayo Clinic is giving her job title new meaning by donating her kidney to a stranger. Each April, Duval County celebrates 'Donate Life Month.'
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Stephanie Donelan, a nurse atin Jacksonville, shows up to work every day in her scrubs, but in January, she entered the operation room in scrubs for her first organ donation.
For Donelan, she donated her kidney to a stranger in honor of her mom, who she lost recently to a battle against dementia.First Coast News Donelan says her experience has not only given her closure, but a new perspective as a nurse, helping her better understand what it's like to be in a patient's chair.
And while Donelan may not know every detail of the patient she's helped, what she does know is that she helped that person get off the waitlist for a kidney. Dr. Shennen Mao says the waitlist for kidney transplants is a long wait time.
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