DNR

Abbreviation for "do not resuscitate."

DNR

abbr.1. Department of Natural Resources2. do not resuscitate

DNR

Abbreviation for:
do not resuscitate
dorsal nerve root

DNR

Do not resuscitate End of life decisions An order written in a Pt's chart that explicitly and unequivocally states that CPR–eg, intubation, pounding, defibrillation, should not be initiated if a Pt is found in cardiac arrest. See Medical futility. Cf Advance directives, Euthanasia, Living will.

DNR

Abbrev. for do not resuscitate. An instruction to refrain from energetic measures to restore the heart beat and the breathing in those people with terminal, irreversible illness in which death is expected, who suffer cardiac arrest. This has been the unwritten rule of many doctors and was enacted in American legislation in 1988.

DNR

Abbreviation for do not resuscitate.
See: do not attempt resuscitation

DNR

Acronym	Definition
DNR➣Do Not Resuscitate
DNR➣Department of Natural Resources
DNR➣Digital Noise Reduction
DNR➣Donetsk People's Republic (Ukraine)
DNR➣Daunorubicin
DNR➣Do Not Remove
DNR➣Did Not Register (racing)
DNR➣Do Not Reply
DNR➣Dynamic Noise Reduction
DNR➣De Nieuwe Regeling (Dutch: The New Rules)
DNR➣Domain Name Registration
DNR➣Dreams Not Reality (band)
DNR➣DotnetRocks (.NET software radio show)
DNR➣Dolby Noise Reduction
DNR➣Disable Nested Reassign
DNR➣Data Network Routing
DNR➣Department of National Registration (Maldives)
DNR➣Deutsche Naturschutzring (German: German Nature Ring)
DNR➣Did Not Report
DNR➣Det Norske Radiumhospital (Norwegian: Norwegian Radium Hospital)
DNR➣Do Not Remember (adoption)
DNR➣Do Not Reduce
DNR➣Do Not Reproduce
DNR➣Dienst Nationale Recherche (Dutch: National Criminal Investigation Service)
DNR➣Domain Name Resolver
DNR➣Descriptions de Niveaux de Référence (French: Description of Reference Levels)
DNR➣Dialed Number Recorder
DNR➣Dynamic Neutron Radiography
DNR➣Do Not Revert (Ciena)
DNR➣Do Not Revive (less common)
DNR➣Dry Natural Rubber
DNR➣Data Network Report
DNR➣Do Not Refrigerate
DNR➣Dynamic Network Routing
DNR➣Drive Not Ready (computer error)
DNR➣Department of National Revenue (Canadian)
DNR➣Drop And Run (medical)
DNR➣Director Naval Reserves
DNR➣Do Not Reorder
DNR➣Distance-To-Noise Ratio
DNR➣Diazonaphthoquinone Novalac Resist
DNR➣Department of Naval Research
DNR➣Data Network Redesign
DNR➣Digital Network Radio
DNR➣Dundee Newtyle Railway
DNR➣Director of Naval Reactors (US Navy)