The patient's order is to start total parenteral nutrition (TPN) containing a concentration of 15% glucose and 3.5% amino acids. The nurse realizes the solution must be

A) initially started in a peripheral line.
B) given in a central line.
C) checked, since glucose concentration is dangerously high.
D) held until renal function studies are done.


B

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