Introduction DNR‚ Do Not Resuscitate‚ is an order that alerts medical professionals not to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation‚ CPR‚ on an individual. CPR consists of life saving methods such as procedures that can involve mouth to mouth resuscitation to using a defibrillator‚ intubation‚ and using cardio tonic drugs to bring the patient back to life. DNR orders is a legal document that has been sustained by the individual or proxy
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Often times at Medicine ward‚ I encouter patients family deciding to have a DNR or Do Not Resuscitate order. Once they decide‚ they have to sign the patients chart for legality purposes. But what is exactly DNR? A Do Not Resuscitate‚ or DNR order is a written order from a doctor that resuscitation should not be attempted if a person suffers cardiac or respiratory arrest. Such an order may be instituted on the basis of an advance directive from a person‚ or from someone entitled to make decisions
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The DNR order grants freedom of choice to those who face the option of death‚ but along with their right of preference‚ the order affects how physicians handle their patients. When dealing with a patient with a DNR order on their living will‚ physicians must put aside their moral conduct and what they view as right and wrong so as to serve and care for their patients as best as they can. William Sumrall further explains “when surgery and anesthesia are necessary for the care of the patient with
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doctors have indicated may not occur. Patient Preferences: The patient has not been involved in the decisions regarding her current treatment‚ and did not have a DNR in place or an advance directive in place regarding situations such as this. The family who had been acting as surrogates‚ were ready to stop treatment and place a DNR based on the prognosis given about the patient. As of now no one has fully assessed the patient’s decision making capacity or asked the patient about her preferences
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DNR officers are an everyday task force that enforce serous laws on natural resources. People are breaking laws every day ordinary police offices can’t enforce that deals with hunting and fishing laws. For example‚ what happens when someone is poaching on your land and is killing your wild game and you don’t like that who would enforce that law? They have a wide range of laws they can actually enforce not just hunting and fishing laws they deal with drugs‚ theft and regular police work like speeding
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Running Head: HOW DNR CAUSES AN ETHICAL DILEMMA How DNR Causes an Ethical Dilemma Deann Morgan HCA 322‚ Health Care Ethics and Medical Law Dr. David Cole January 22‚ 2010 Abstract This paper will present an argument of how the process of do not resuscitate (DNR) results in an ethical dilemma for workers in the healthcare field. In presenting the argument‚ this
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place decisions are a lot easier on the family members. “A good advance directive describes the kind of treatment you would want depending on how sick you are‚” Sally Austin explained in her article Families making decisions‚ dying death and DNR status. “For example‚ the directives would describe what kind of care you want if you have an illness that you are unlikely to recover from‚ or if you are permanently unconscious.” Advance directives usually tell your doctor that you don’t want certain
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that it is very hard work and a challenge. It is a challenge because of the patience and dedication it takes to learn how to produce a quality weld. This is a type of work that very few people go into college for‚ and even less try to make it into a career. I am aware that this job is in high demand in some parts of the country‚
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Careers & Personality Traits Essay As my first career that I personally like would be a Registered Nurse. On the paper as an option with the box that matches my personality‚ also has nursing on it as well. Even thou it just say nurse on it they are still both that same. I picked this career because my grandma is very sick with Lupus; I want to be able to help my grandma get better. If I can be one more doctor and find out what’s wrong or what disease people have that they don’t know about. If
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The career I am interested in is landscaping. I am interested in landscaping because‚ I like to be outside and do hands on work. I also really like gardening and making places flourishing with beautiful flowers and such. My Aunt and Uncle own their own landscaping business and there are the number one landscaping business in Eau Claire. I love to see and help my Aunt and Uncle on the great work they do for their customers. Some tasks and responsibilities I will have to face in my career will be
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