Exam 14: Parenteral Nutrition

The lab calls the charge nurse and reports a blood glucose reading of 220 mg/dL for a patient on parenteral nutrition via a central line.What action does the charge nurse take first?

The nursing assistive personnel (NAP) reports that a patient receiving parenteral nutrition via a central line is coughing and short of breath.Which action by the nurse is the priority?

A faculty member is evaluating the student's performance when hanging a bag of Total Parenteral Nutrition.Which step indicates the student has completed the third check for accuracy?

The nurse is evaluating goals for a patient who has been on home parenteral nutrition for a month.What finding indicates that a priority goal has been met?

The faculty member describes conditions that indicate a need for parenteral nutrition to nursing students.Which conditions does the faculty member include? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is preparing to discharge a patient who is going home on Total Peripheral Nutrition (TPN).What action by the nurse is most helpful in ensuring positive outcomes for the patient?

A patient has been receiving parenteral nutrition (PN) via a central line that has now occluded.The patient also has a midline catheter.What modification of the PN does the nurse ensure prior to switching the PN to the midline catheter?

A patient is receiving parenteral nutrition through a multi-lumen central venous catheter.What intervention is most important related to this patient's situation?

A provider has listed orders for Peripheral Parenteral Nutrition with lipids for four patients.Which patient will the nurse clarify the orders about?

A nursing student is teaching a patient about lab testing that will be done frequently while the patient is on parenteral nutrition.Which statement by the student requires the registered nurse to intervene?

The nurse delegates some care activities to nursing assistive personnel (NAP).What action by the NAP requires immediate intervention by the registered nurse?