A Patient's Peripheral Parenteral Nutrition (PN)bag Is Nearly Empty and a New

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?

A) Monitor the patient's capillary blood glucose until a new PN bag is hung.
B) Flush the peripheral line with saline and wait until the new PN bag is available.
C) Infuse 5% dextrose in water until the new PN bag is delivered from the pharmacy.
D) Decrease the rate of the current PN infusion to 10 mL/hr until the new bag arrives.

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