The client is being treated with total parenteral nutrition. The nurse is monitoring the client closely for evidence of infection during the first week of treatment
The nurse recognizes that the dressing over the catheter insertion site should be changed every _____ hours.
a. 48
b. 24
c. 16
d. 8
ANS: B
The client being treated with TPN should have the dressing over his catheter changed every 24 hours for the first 10 days.
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