During the night shift, a patient's total
parenteral nutrition (TPN) infusion ran out, and the nurse discovered that there was no TPN solution on hand to continue the infusion. The pharmacy is closed and will not reopen for 5 hours. The nurse will have to implement measures to prevent which consequence of abruptly discontinuing TPN infusions?
a. Dehydration
b. Hyperglycemia
c. Dumping syndrome
d. Rebound hypoglycemia
ANS: D
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