A patient is being discharged on total parenteral nutrition (TPN). What topics do the patient and family need to be taught? (Select all that apply.)
a. How to work the enteral feeding pump
b. Care of a central venous catheter
c. How to crush and give medications
d. Proper use of an intravenous (IV) pump
e. Actions to take if the IV becomes oc-cluded
B, D, E
TPN is administered via a large central IV line using an IV pump. The family needs to know how to use the pump, how to care for the catheter, and what to do if the IV line becomes occluded. An enteral pump is not used. Meds are not crushed and given through the TPN line.
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