The nurse frequently cares for patients who are nearing the end of life. A strategy that is designed to prolong the time of death rather than restoring life is:
A) establishing a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order.
B) adherence to living will requests.
C) removal of extraordinary measures already in place.
D) continuance of futile care.
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