A client receiving TPN asks the nurse why the client's blood glucose values have become elevated since the onset of therapy. The nurse replies that it is due to:
1. new onset of diabetes mellitus type I.
2. new onset of diabetes mellitus type II.
3. unstable membranes in body cells.
4. the high glucose load of the TPN solution.
ANS: 4
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