Dnr Case Studies

In hospitals the nurses are the limps, while the doctors are the eyes and brain. Physicians spend most of their day going from patient to patient, and lack the time that nurses have to bond with the patient both emotionally, and mentally. Physicians also have a constant need to detach themselves emotionally from a patient to be able to continue with their work.in a recent study conducted in an ICU unit in hospital in Canada found that the average doctor spent less than an hour a day with each of his or her patients. In addition, nurses enjoy a closer bond with their patients as compared to Physicians since they have more direct contact with them. As a result, “patients will often times identify better with nurses than physicians, usually showing their preference by the type of co-operation they offer.” (Park, Kim. J, & Kim. K, 2011) Hospitals need to establish an organized system in which “discussion of DNR and the establishment of goals with the patient, and family should be a team effort between nurse and Physician (Westphal, 2009). …show more content…
However, this is not a currently formalized process many nurses placed in a DNR case study stated that “DNR discussion is often deferred until the patient’s prognosis is considered poor by the patient.” (Westphal,