What does the acronym dnr mean: think~ if a patient dies and the medical staff revives them back to life, how could a dnr on record for the patient become a legal problem for the hospital? can a patient choose to be revived or not? how is it documented? a. don’t need a reason b. don’t negotiate resuscitation c. don’t not resuscitate d. death needs a recourse

C. Do Not Resuscitate.

Performing CPR to revive a patient with DNR record is both an ethical and legal dilemma. Ethically, it is necessarily expected from health care workers to perform and provide life prolonging or saving responses. However, the patient has the right to choose whether he or she should receive treatment and which must be respected. DNR order can be documented through the personal expression of the patient of refusal of treatment in front of witnesses. When the patient is incapacitated or does not have the right mind to make the decision, another way a DNR order can be obtained and documented is through the a legal guardian, legal spouse, adult child, parent, adult sibling or nearest adult relative.

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