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Well we have had different experiences it seems........I've worked in many hospitals...in Calif. and here in Okla. The one's that I've worked the most in....do not have this attitude towards DNR patients.

That being said...I've worked with many bed-side healthcare professionals that wouldn't know a patient in distress...if their life depended on it. But this didn't have anything to do with the patients code status. More to lack of education and/or mentoring after formal education. And frankly probably laziness too...

ALL that said.....I always advocate a family member or a friend to be with ANY patient in ANY hospital. I don't care if it's the Mayo Clinic, or Loma Linda University Hospital, or any fairly well respected facility.

There are idiot doctors, idiot allied health workers, and idiot nurses everywhere..........