do-not-resuscitate order

A document, executed by a competent person, directing that if the person’s heartbeat and breathing both cease while in a hospital, nursing home, or similar facility, no attempts to restore heartbeat or breathing should be made. — Abbr. DNR order. See advance directive.

do-not-resuscitate order. A document, executed by a competent person, directing that if the person’s heartbeat and breathing both cease while in a hospital, nursing home, or similar facility, no attempts to restore heartbeat or breathing should be made. — Abbr. DNR order. See advance directive. out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order. A do-not-resuscitate order, executed by a person