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how do you say Do Not Resuscitate in spanish? i work as a CNA in a hospital. occasionaly i am asked to translate (i am hispanic but my spanish is not that good) and everytime they tell me to ask the patient if they have any advance directives i get stuck cuz i cant ask them the proper way.....

i dont mean to be rude or anything but i meant... how do you ask if the patient is DNR...

como se llama?

no pablo espagnol...

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