Patients Who Are Unable to Digest or Absorb Enteral Nutrition

question 37

Multiple Choice

Patients who are unable to digest or absorb enteral nutrition benefit from parenteral nutrition (PN) .However,the goal to move toward use of the GI tract is constant because PN

• A) Can be given only in the hospital setting.
• B) Cannot be used in patients in highly stressed situations.
• C) Can be given only by way of a peripheral IV line.
• D) Can lead to villous atrophy and cell shrinkage.

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