doi:10.1007/S11606-019-05431-7Victoria T CharoonratanaTalia StewartRunzhi ZhangZhigang LiMartha T DesBiensScott SlogicMaxwell T VergoSpringer International Publishing
Some advance directives include do-not-resuscitate orders, comfort care wishes and organ donation instructions. The legal requirements for advance directives vary by state. MORE LIKE THISInvestingEstate Planning What is an advance directive? An advance directive is a legal document that provides instruct...
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If a patient has aDo Not Resuscitate (DNR)order on file, the hospital staff must respect its legal boundaries. That usually precludes issuing a code blue. Patients with a DNR typically do not receive any cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) efforts or any form of advanced cardiac life support (...
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Some patients also may choose to have an out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order, which allows prehospital health professionals to cease (or not begin) resuscitation on a patient in cardiopulmonary failure. The policies of some long-term care institutions may state, however, that such ...
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it's routine to provide CPR for patients in cardiac arrest unless there is a medical order to withhold it, or if the patient has completed an advance care directive refusing CPR. This is often referred to as a "do not rescusitate" order. ...
When patients have a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order, it means they have chosen not to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). But hospital nurses report significant variations in the way DNR orders are perceived or acted on in clinical practice, reports a survey study in the January issue...