The nurse enters the room of a client on which a 'do not resuscitate' order has been written and discovers that she is not breathing. Once the husband realizes what has occurred he yells, 'please save her!' The nurse's action would be:

C Discuss with the husband that these orders are written only on clients who are not likely to recover with resuscitative efforts. D Call a code and proceed with cardiopulmonary resuscitation. A Call the physician and inform him that the client has expired. B Remind the husband that the physician wrote an order not to resuscitate.