Updated July 19, 2023
A New Jersey do not resuscitate (DNR or DNAR) order form is issued by a physician by the request of a patient who is in their care. If the patient is unable to communicate or to understand the repercussions of a DNR order, a person authorized to make health care decisions on their behalf is permitted to sign their DNR order. The purpose of a DNR order is to inform medical staff that a particular patient should not be resuscitated should they have a respiratory or cardiac arrest. Such orders are most often issued because a patient is already in critical condition or a vegetative state. The patient, or the person who signed the DNR order on their behalf, may verbally revoke the order at any time.
Laws – N.J.A.C. 10:48B
Required to Sign – The patient, or their representative, and the patient’s doctor must both sign the form.
How to Write
Step 1 – Download the New Jersey DNR Order form (PDF).
Step 2 – Write the patient’s name in the blank space found in the first paragraph at the top of the page.
Step 3 – Next, supply the signature of the patient (or their authorized representative) and their address.
Step 4 – You will then need to provide the attending physician’s name, address, telephone number, affiliated medical facility, signature, and the date.
Step 5 – At the bottom of the second page, supply the name, telephone number, and agency of the patient’s contact person.
