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NCLEX-RN · Question #719
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Question
The nurse enters the room of a client on which a "do not resuscitate" order has been written and discovers that she is not breathing. Once the husband realizes what has occurred he yells, "please save her!" The nurse's action would be:
Options
- ACall the physician and inform him that the client has expired.
- BRemind the husband that the physician wrote an order not to resuscitate.
- CDiscuss with the husband that these orders are written only on clients who are not likely to recover
- DCall a code and proceed with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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