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]