A Client Would Be a Candidate for Total Parenteral Nutrition

question 11

Multiple Choice

A client would be a candidate for total parenteral nutrition (TPN) if he or she had:

• A) a poor appetite after major surgery.
• B) severe depression and unwillingness to eat.
• C) radiation enteritis causing minimal food intake for over 2 weeks.
• D) lost more than 10% of usual body weight in the past 9 months.

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