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on: Jun 25, 2018
A patient's peripheral parenteral nutrition (PN) bag is nearly empty and a new PN bag has not arrived yet from the pharmacy. Which intervention is the priority?

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A patient hospitalized with chronic heart failure eats only about 50 of each meal and reports feeling too tired to eat. Which action should the nurse take first?


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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1



Answer to Question 2



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Reply 2 on: Jun 25, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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