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Commonly Asked Questions about Medical Order Forms

What is a polst form used for?

The Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form is a written medical order from a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant that helps give people with serious illnesses more control over their own care by specifying the types of medical treatment they want to receive during serious illness.

What is a MOLST form?

The MOLST is a medical order form (printed on bright pink paper) signed by a New York State licensed physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, or a border state physician that tells others the patients medical orders for life-sustaining treatment.

What is the purpose of the POLST?

The Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form is a tool for end-of-life planning. The form ensures that a patients treatment wishes are known and will be followed by health care professionals during a medical crisis, when the patient cannot speak for themselves.

Who should fill out a POLST form?

A health care professional, usually a doctor, nurse, or social worker, completes the form after having a conversation with the patient to understand his/her wishes and goals of care. Both a doctor and the patient must sign the POLST form in order for it to be valid.

What is the difference between a POLST and a DNR?

POLST addresses a range of life-sustaining measures and allows a person to choose treatment, as well as forego treatment. A DNR only addresses resuscitation and only allows for forgoing treatment.

What is POLST vs MOLST?

Sure. MOLST and POLST are two acronyms defining medical orders. The MOLST is the Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment and the POLST is the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment. Theyre both the same thing, but in different states they call them by those two different names.

What is the main difference between a POLST and an advance directive?

An advance directive is a direction from the patient, not a medical order. In contrast, a POLST form consists of a set of medical orders that applies to a limited population of patients and addresses a limited number of critical medical decisions.

What are the different types of medical orders?

Prescriptions are often referred to as orders in clinical practice. There are several types of orders, such as routine orders, PRN orders, standing orders, one-time orders, STAT orders, and titration orders. A routine order is a prescription that is followed until another order cancels it.