The nurse enters the room of a client on which a "do not resuscitate" order has been written and discovers that she is not breathing. Once the husband realizes what has occurred he yells, "please save her!" The nurse’s action would be:
A. Call the physician and inform him that the client has expired.
B. Remind the husband that the physician wrote an order not to resuscitate.
C. Discuss with the husband that these orders are written only on clients who are not likely to recover with resuscitative efforts.
D. Call a code and proceed with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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