A practitioner has issued a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order for your patient, a fifty-five-year-old man with cancer. You spoke with the patient this morning, and he clearly wishes to be resuscitated in the event that he stops breathing. What is the most appropriate course of action?
A. Ignore the patient's wishes because the practitioner ordered the DNR.
B. Consult your hospital's policies and procedures, speak to the practitioner, and discuss the matter with your nurse manager.
C. Attempt to talk the patient into agreeing to the DNR.
D. Contact the medical licensing board to complain about the practitioner.
B. Consult your hospital's policies and procedures, speak to the practicioner, and discuss the matter with your nurse manager
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