title: What does DNR/DNI really mean?
authors.affiliation: Christine M. Barlow is an RN at Rochester General Hospital in Rochester, N.Y.
authors.forename: Christine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Barlow
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation; D016414:Resuscitation Orders; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000628:therapy; D013727:Terminal Care; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000473:pathology