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Introduction: Organ transplants have expanded throughout the country, being extremely significant for the population.Objective: Acknowledging the reality of organ harvesting, describing the care with the potential organ donor in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and comparing it with the pertinent literature.Method: It is a research of exploratory and descriptive nature, with a qualitative approach. The data were analyzed through the content analysis idealized by Bardin. Results:The findings point that the assertiveness of care and procedures with the potential donor is essential to the success of transplants in our country. Conclusions:Several difficulties have been encountered, as the lack of human and material resources generating impasses in the specific care of the potential organ donor and the lack of provision of continuing education.