A nurse is taking care of a patient who has been on longstanding total parenteral nutrition (TPN). The provider orders the TPN to be discontinued. Shortly after the TPN is stopped, the patient becomes altered and combative. The nurse attributes the change in this patient to which condition?
- NCLEX Practice
- Categories
- Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
- View Question
- Category: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
- Difficulty: 7
Want help? View the answer with rationale.
Additional Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies Questions
- Question Type: Multiple Choice - Select One
- Difficulty: 8
Which medication is a hypoglycemic agent?
- Question Type: Multiple Choice - Select One
- Difficulty: 1
The patient with major depressive disorder has been prescribed sertraline. Which medication, if discontinued the day prior in the patient’s chart, prompts the nurse to hold the medication and contact the provider?
- Question Type: Multiple Choice - Select One
- Difficulty: 6
0
