TPN Questions – Total Parenteral Nutrition Review

TPN Questions – Total Parenteral Nutrition
Review.




1. A patient receiving parenteral nutrition is adminis- 4.
tered via the following routes except:
1. Subclavian line.
2. Central Venous Catheter.
3. PICC (Peripherally inserted central catheter) line.
4. PEG tube.

2. A nurse is monitoring the status of a client's fat
emul- 2. sion (lipid) infusion and notes that the
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Review.
infusion is 2 hours delay. The nurse should do
which of the follow- ing actions?
1. Adjust the infusion rate to catch up over the
next hour.
2. Make sure the infusion rate is infusing at
the ordered rate.
3. Increase the infusion rate to catch up over the
next few hours.
4. Adjust the infusion rate to full blast until
the solution is back on time.

3. A nurse is preparing to hang the initial bag of the 4.
parenteral nutrition (PN) solution via the
central line of a malnourished client. The
nurse ensure the avail- ability of which medical
equipment before hanging the solution?
1. Glucometer.
2. Dressing tray.
3. Nebulizer.
4. Infusion pump

4. A nurse is conducting a follow-up home visit to a 4.
client who has been discharged with a parenteral nu-




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