The Patient Is Having at Least 75% of His Nutritional

The patient is having at least 75% of his nutritional needs met by enteral feeding,so the physician has ordered the PN to be discontinued.However,the nurse notices that the PN infusion has fallen behind.The nurse should

A) Increase the rate to get the volume caught up before discontinuing.
B) Stop the infusion and hang a normal saline drip in place.
C) Taper the PN infusion gradually.
D) Hang 5% dextrose if the PN runs out.

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