The nurse, attending a basic cardiac life support review session, learns that cardiopulmonary resuscitation impacted patient care in which of the following ways?

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During the 1960s, the advent of cardiopulmonary resuscitation changed the way in which acute care hospitals approached death by mandating that performance of the rescue technique was the new standard of care for patients who experience cardiac arrest and cessation of respirations. Organ transplantation was not occurring to the extent that it is today during the 1960s. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation did not ensure positive patient outcomes. There is no evidence to suggest that cardiopulmonary resuscitation was the only way to keep patients alive in the 1960s.

The Nurse, Attending a Basic Cardiac Life Support Review Session