Image--the journal of nursing scholarship
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To examine nurse-patient communication about preferences for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). ⋯ In this sample of seriously ill hospitalized adults, discussions between patients and nurses about CPR were infrequent. Nurses' understanding of patients' preferences for care was similar to that of physicians and patients' surrogate decision-makers. Educational interventions should focus on increasing the frequency of nurse-patient discussions about end-of-life care and improving nurses' understanding of patients' preferences for care.