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What is dnr?
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Do not Resuscitate: Strictly speaking dnr means that you do not want compressions of your heart (CPR) if you have a heart attack or situation where your heart stops.
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Dnr: Is short for do not resuscitate. If you are in cardiac or respiratory arrest the health care provider will not intervene and allow a natural death.
Answered 8/27/2014
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At 92 now in nursing home. Most here are healthy but old so dnr. Many who looked good the week before die suddenly. Porcelain dolls or bad care?
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