DO-NOT-RESUSCITATE ORDER

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

out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order.A do-not-resuscitate order, executed by a person who

has  been  diagnosed  by  a   physician  as  having  a  terminal  condition,  directing  healthcare

professionals  to  withhold  certain  life-sustaining  treatments  when  acting  outside  a  hospital  or

similar facility. — Abbr. OOH-DNR order. [Blacks Law 8th]