Open AccessOriginal Research: Nurses' Perspectives on Caring for Patients with Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders
Author(s) -
P. M. Kelly,
Kathy A. Baker,
Karen M Hodges,
Ellen Vuong,
Joyce C Lee,
S. Lockwood
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the american journal of nursing/american journal of nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-7488
pISSN - 0002-936X
DOI - 10.1097/01.naj.0000731652.86224.11
Subject(s) - do not resuscitate order , do not resuscitate , resuscitation orders , medicine , nursing , psychology , intensive care medicine , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , emergency medicine , resuscitation
Confusion about what a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order means, including its misinterpretation as "do not treat," has been extensively documented in the literature. Yet there is a paucity of research concerning nurses' perspectives on DNR orders.