Working In The Emergency Room

Working in the emergency room, I am often presented with advanced directives and patient DNR’s. These forms of paperwork can been seen from a routine patient visit to a patient who is in cardiac arrest. In house educational training regarding these two topics is performed annually to keep nurses up-to-date with paperwork changes and knowledgeable on how to properly adhere to them.
When a cardiac arrest is brought into the hospital and the patient’s family is able to provide a DNR, or MOLST form, the forms are verified and then adhered to whatever will is dictated by the form. In the case of a DNR, all resuscitative measures are stopped. With a MOLST form, only procedures that the patient wishes to have done are performed. Advanced directives