Roylene Stanley has a simple message when it comes to organ donation: Talk to your family about your wishes.
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The registered nurse, who works in the intensive care unit at Wagga Base Hospital, is also encouraging people to support DonateLife Week by signing up to the Australian Organ Donor Register.
Ms Stanley said she had previously had the opportunity to work with organ retrieval teams on several occasions.
She has also spoken with families who are making the decision about whether or not to donate a loved one's organs.
"I have seen families who are making the decision and it is always easier for them if they know what their loved one's wishes are," Ms Stanley said.
As of May 2019, there are 25,930 total registrations on the Australian Organ Donor Register from the Wagga area.
When a person is registered, 90 per cent of families honour the wishes of their loved ones, according to Elena Cavazzoni, the state medical director for the NSW Organ and Tissue Donation Service.
There are currently about 1400 Australians and their families that are currently waiting for a life-saving or life-changing organ or tissue transplant.
Ms Stanley and some of her colleagues were on Tuesday manning a stall in the foyer of Wagga Base Hospital to promote awareness of organ donation.
They will be in the Wagga Marketplace on Thursday from 2pm to 6pm to talk to shoppers.
