Your patient has been sent home on parenteral nutrition. You know that the patient on parenteral nutrition has a lot to cope with. What must a patient on parenteral nutrition learn to cope with? (Mark all that apply.)
A) Changes in lifestyle and relationships
B) Loss of eating as a social behavior
C) Depression related to loss of social support
D) Sleep disturbances related to frequent urination during nighttime infusions
Ans: B, D
Feedback: Patients must cope with the loss of eating and with changes in lifestyle brought on by sleep disturbances related to frequent urination during nighttime infusions.
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1. "Your baby is taking a little longer than average, but is making progress." 2. "First babies take a long time to be born. The next baby will be easier." 3. "The birth would go faster if you had taken prenatal classes and practiced." 4. "Every baby is different; there really are no norms for labor and birth."