The Consistency Between Treatments Provided to Nursing Facility Residents and Orders on the Physician Orders for Life‐Sustaining Treatment Form

Abstract

With the exception of feeding tubes and antibiotic use in residents with orders for no antibiotics, the use of medical treatments was nearly always consistent with POLST orders to provide or withhold life-sustaining interventions. The POLST program is a useful tool for ensuring that the treatment preferences of nursing facility residents are honored.