DNR

See also: ДНР

English

Noun

DNR (uncountable)

1. Initialism of digital noise reduction.
2. Initialism of do not rent, (a blacklist of individuals who are forbidden from renting a property).

Phrase

DNR

1. (medicine) Initialism of do not resuscitate, a legal document by which a patient may direct which medical procedures they do and do not wish to undergo in the case that they are incapacitated.

   The hospital ignored the DNR order because it wasn't entered on the charts.

   • 2017 November 30, Gregory E. Holt, Bianca Sarmento, Daniel Kett, Kenneth W. Goodman, “An Unconscious Patient with a DNR Tattoo”, in New England Journal of Medicine‎^[1], volume 377, number 22, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 2192–2193:

     After reviewing the patient’s case, the ethics consultants advised us to honor the patient’s do not resuscitate (DNR) tattoo.

   • 2020, Brian Christian, “Uncertainty”, in The Alignment Problem, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, →ISBN:

     Caplan noted that while there are no legal penalties for ignoring such a tattoo, there may be legal problems if the doctors let a patient die without having their official DNR paperwork.

Proper noun

DNR

1. Initialism of Department of Natural Resources.

Anagrams

• DRN, NDR, rnd