Intravenous therapy is:
a. Giving nutrients through the gas-tro-intestinal system
b. A tube feeding
c. Giving fluids through a needle or catheter inserted into a vein
d. The many processes involved in the inges-tion, digestion, absorption, and use of food and fluids by the body
C
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