A man who is visiting his wife in a long-term care facility for people with Alzheimer's disease collapses and is transported to a hospital. The client remains unconscious, and testing reveals that he has cancer that has metastasized to bone, brain, and liver. The nursing staff at the wife's care facility report to the hospital health care provider that the client has no other family members and that his wife is mentally incompetent. What information regarding do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders does the nurse remember?
A. That a DNR order may be written by a client's health care provider
B. That everything possible must be done if the client stops breathing
C. That medications only may be given to the client if the client stops breathing
D. That life support measures will have to be implemented if the client stops breathing
Answer: A. That a DNR order may be written by a client's health care provider
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