The Nurse Notes That the Peripheral Parenteral Nutrition (PN) Bag

The nurse notes that the peripheral parenteral nutrition (PN) bag has only 20 mL left and a new PN bag has not yet arrived 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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