A client with a terminal illness without an advance directive stops breathing, and does not have a heartbeat. What should the nurse do?
1. Call a "slow code."
2. Call a partial code.
3. Call the physician.
4. Call a code.
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Both legally and ethically, there is no such thing as a "slow code."
Rationale 2: Both legally and ethically, there is no such thing as a partial code.
Rationale 3: The nurse should start CPR, and not stop to phone the physician.
Rationale 4: If there is no do-not-resuscitate order, all clients who arrest will have resuscitation efforts begun.
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