Table 2.

Orders for Patients with Valid POLST Forms Discharged from the Hospital to a Nursing Facility

	POLST form review n (%)
Section A, Resuscitation	176/176 (100%)
Full code	82/176 (46.6%)
Do not resuscitate	94/176 (53.4%)
Section B, Medical interventions	106/176 (60.2%)
Comfort measures only	17/106 (16%)
Limited additional interventions	59/106 (55.7%)
Full treatment	30/106 (28.3%)
Section C, Antibiotics	99/176 (56.3%)
No antibiotics	12/99 (12.1%)
No IM/IV antibiotics	12/99 (12.1%)
Aggressive antibiotics	74/99 (74.7%)
Other instructions	1/99 (1.0%)
Section D, Artificial nutrition and fluids	86/176 (48.8%)
No feeding tube/IV fluids	32/86 (37.2%)
Defined trial period of feeding tube/IV fluids	45/86 (52.3%)
Long-term feeding tube/IV fluids	8/86 (9.3%)
Other Instructions	1/86 (1.2%)
Section E, Discussed with…	111/176 (63.1%)
Patient	71/111 (64.0%)
Patient and health care agent	18/111 (16.2%)
Patient and other	9/111 (8.1%)
Health care agent	9/111 (8.1%)
Other	2/111 (1.8%)
Marked but missing	2/111 (1.8%)