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2025 The Ripple Effect: A Donate Life Conference
Registration Deadline is September 5th
Regular Registration: $50 per person
Refund Policy: Refunds are provided at the request of attendees who are unable to attend the event up until September 2, 2025.
- Understand the life-saving impact of organ, tissue, and eye donation.
- Recognize the roles of healthcare teams, donor families, and communities in donation.
- Use leadership to inspire change and improve donation efforts.
- Reflect on the emotional journeys of donor families and recipients.
Healthcare professionals, including nurses, who help make organ, tissue, and eye donation possible.
“Life. Leadership. Legacy.” — Dave Galbenski — Co-Founder, Living Liver Foundation
“From Donation to Destination: Delivering the Power of Tissue Grafts” — Joseph Swackhamer — Tissue Recovery Team Lead, Iowa Donor Network
“Connecting Care Through Donation” — Robin Coarts — Manager of Donation Conversations, Iowa Donor Network, Kate Granzow — Manager of Family Advocates, Iowa Donor Network & Anne Casey — Manager of Community Affairs and Development, Iowa Donor Network
“Organ Optimization: Overcoming Obstacles in Donation Dynamics” — Kasey Heuton — Organ Donation Coordinator, Iowa Donor Network & Kylie Kinder — Organ Donation Coordinator, Iowa Donor Network
“The Art of Organ Allocation: Navigating Organ Distribution Dynamics” — Brie Davis — Manager of Maximize the Gift – Organ Utilization, Iowa Donor Network
“Family Perspectives: The Moments That Matter” — Troy DeJoode — President, Carson & Claire Forever Foundation
- Nurses: IDN will provide a certificate of attendance upon completion of the program evaluation and strongly encourages nurses to retain a program brochure as documentation of their participation. Nurses determine whether course content meets the Iowa Board of Nursing’s criteria for appropriate continuing education contact hours.
- Social Workers: This program intends to meet the requirements for up to 6.0 contact hours for Social Workers, at the licensees’ discretion. For Social Worker credit, please retain this advertisement and your certificate of completion and refer to Professional Licensing Standards for Continuing Education for Social Workers Standards. 281.(1) (7) “An area, as demonstrated by the licensee, that directly relates to the licensee’s individual practice as a social worker…”
- American Board for Transplant Certification CEPTC credit is provided by Iowa Donor Network #555 for 6.0 Category 1 CEPTCs.
- Certificate of Attendance: 6.0 hours
- EMS: 6.0 CEHs provided through DMACC
Conference Registration
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Kayte Mosher Memorial Donate Life Conference Scholarship
We are now accepting applications for the Kayte Mosher Memorial Donate Life Conference Scholarship to the 2025 Donate Life Conference.
Applications are due by July 1st, 2025.