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To patients who have been indicated as do-not-resuscitate (DNR), the nursing staff should do the following:
  1. Give no treatment
  2. Give curative treatment
  3. Give palliative treatment
  4. None of the above
Explanation
Answer: C - The nursing staff should give palliative treatment to patients who are indicated as DNR. To palliate a disease is to treat it partially and insofar as possible, but not cure it completely. Palliation cloaks a disease. Also, sometimes it is called symptomatic treatment.
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