allow natural death

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allow natural death

An alternative to “do not resuscitate” or “do not attempt resuscitation“ in which a patient or family permits a person's vital functions to cease without medical intervention, such as the maintenance of an artificial airway or the provision of advanced cardiac life support.

See: do not attempt resuscitation; do not resuscitate

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Resources for Nurses to Start Early Conversations About Palliative Care GetPalliativeCare.org * Handouts, videos, podcasts, and live chats for patients and families American Nurses Association (www.nursingworld.org) * Position Statement Nursing Care and Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) and Allow Natural Death (AND) Decisions * Excellent recommendations to assist patients in making end-of-life decisions * Policy recommendations for clinical practice End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) (www.aacn.nche.edu/elnec) * Prepares nurses with essential content on how to communicate in culturally appropriate ways with patients and families * Content about pain and symptom management, care at the time of death, grief, and ethics

Starting early conversations about palliative care

Allow Natural Death, or AND, is a formal designation that has replaced the DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) order in a growing number of facilities throughout the US.

The Allow Natural Death (AND) designation carries with it the promise of changing the way we care for frail elders at the end of life.

Allow natural death: could these three words change we care for elders at the end of life?

Allow natural death: A more humane approach to discussing endof-life directives.

"Allow natural death" versus "do not resuscitate": Three words that can change a life.

Do-not-resuscitate orders: nurse's role requires moral courage

The physician explained that it was time to consider an "AND"--an "allow natural death" order.