But even if they had checked, the nurses might not have known the man’s code status due to documentation issues, the Health Department determined. Investigators found that a code status “cheat ...

Then, suddenly, a nurse who had been reading through his medical chart screamed ... to death because of a lack of clarity in his code status, which easily could have resulted in us stopping ...

Background: Patients want physicians to ascertain their wishes related to resuscitation, yet such discussions of “code status” are often delayed in the hospital setting, which compromises patient ...

Who would say no to this, especially in a hospital? The problem is that this exchange, which we call asking about “code status” in medicine, centers around a closed-ended question. Talking to ...