Nursing homes will face survey citations for facility-wide policies that prohibit cardiopulmonary resuscitation for residents, according to a recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services memorandum ...

ABINGDON, VA (WJHL) – Despite a patient’s wishes, nursing home employees at Grace Healthcare of Abingdon failed to perform CPR before pronouncing the patient dead on April 3rd, according to the ...

In a highly publicized recent case in California, a registered nurse working in an independent living facility refused to initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on an elderly resident who was ...

A caution issued by the Nursing and Midwifery Council raises concerns regarding nurses’ ability to decide to withhold cardiopulmonary resuscitation Abstract In January 2017, the Nursing and Midwifery ...

A pair of Iowa care facilities are facing sanctions for failing to provide medical assistance for their residents, two of whom died. Earlier this month, the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals ...