Nurses' involvement in end-of-life care of patients after a do not resuscitate decision on general medical units in Saudi Arabia.

Objectives: To describe the essence of the nurses' lived experience and explore the meaning of their involvement in end-of-life care after a do-not-resuscitate decision has been made.

Research Methodology/design: The research design embraced qualitative, exploratory and descriptive approaches utilising aspects of phenomenology. Purposive sampling of twenty-six registered nurses was used.