The nurse is caring for a patient receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN). The nurse most closely assesses for which complication in this patient?
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- Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
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- Category: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
- Difficulty: 6
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