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Amy Anderson, DNP, RN, FAAN, is a visiting fellow at The Heritage Foundation and a professor at the Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences and the School of Medicine at Texas Christian University.
Study highlights differing perceptions of “do-not-resuscitate” orders
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 of the
American Journal of Nursing (AJN). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer. While the definition of DNR might seem straightforward, its interpretation in clinical practice can be complicated, according to the new research, led by Patricia A. Kelly, DNP, APRN, AGN-BC, AOCN, of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, and Kathy A. Baker, PhD, APRN, ACNS-BC, FCNS, FAAN, of Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Texas Christian University.