Title: Successful Strategies for Garnering Bone Marrow Registry Donors

Author: Eric Peppers, Norman Swope, Joseph Jimmerson

Author Affiliations: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) & American Assembly for Men in Nursing (AAMN)

Problem and Purpose: Bone marrow registries have been a successful method for giving patients with blood cancers a second chance at life. Although volunteering to be on the bone marrow registry is free of charge, it can be difficult to acquire donors. The purpose of this project was to identify and demonstrate strategies for successful bone marrow registry participation.

PICO Format Question: In community dwelling adults, will strategic approaches in bone marrow registry collection compared to standard collection procedures result in recruitment of an adequate number of diverse bone marrow donors in a low population state?

EBP Model/Process: UAMS EBP Model

Relevant Literature: Of 89 articles 11 met inclusion criteria for review. The common strategies found were:

Recruit young, diverse donors, especially males Hold donor drives in high volume areas Market and Recruit using various forms of media including social media Use the trust the public has in health professionals to influence people’s decision to register

Method: Nurse volunteers were trained on how to approach, persuade, and ultimately collect the items necessary for successful donor registration. Strategies identified from the literature were utilized in an effort to produce a successful drive.

Outcomes: A total of 450 donors were registered during the bone marrow drive. Out of those donors 6 have already been confirmed as a match demonstrating we were successful in collecting from a diverse group.

Conclusion and Recommendations: The strategies listed in the literature and used in the bone marrow drive proved to be extremely successful in producing a large number of diverse donors and matches.

Implications for Nursing Practice: Nurses have a powerful platform to influence decisions made by the public. Nurse should actively seek out community service projects where trust in health professionals is crucial as opposed to those that the lay public can achieve by themselves.

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