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In the Nick of Time: Advance Care Planning in the ICU

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I then wrote a note and texted the nurse practitioner in the cancer center to let her know the patient now had an advance directive, thanks to her earlier effort. In all my years of nursing, this was about as optimal an advance care planning encounter as possible. A best-case scenario.