The Nurse Is Caring for a Client and Notes That

question 8

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a client and notes that the peripheral parenteral nutrition (PN) bag has only 20 mL left and a new PN bag has not yet arrived from the pharmacy. Which of the following interventions is priority?

• A)Monitor the client's capillary blood glucose until a new PN bag is hung.
• B)Flush the peripheral line with saline and wait until the new PN bag is available.
• C)Infuse 5% dextrose in water until the new PN bag is delivered from the pharmacy.
• D)Decrease the rate of the current PN infusion to 10 mL/hour until the new bag arrives.

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