Health-Care Providers Often Leave Instructions for the Nursing Staff Indicating

question 13

Multiple Choice

Health-care providers often leave instructions for the nursing staff indicating that the nurses should not resuscitate the client but should instead merely go through the motions to make the family feel better, which is sometimes referred to as which of the following?

• A) No-code order
• B) Slow-code order
• C) Advance directive
• D) Provider orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST)

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