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Parenteral nutrition: indications, risks and nursing care

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Parenteral nutrition is often used to feed patients with intestinal failure who cannot be fed enterally. Update your current knowledge of associated risks including sepsis, metabolic and electrolyte imbalances, and identify how this differs from oral or enteral nutrition.

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This resource is aimed at nurses and nursing support workers across all settings and levels of practice, including students of health, social work and care professions.

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Jane Fletcher

Nutrition nurse team leader, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham.

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Parenteral nutrition: indications, risks and nursing care

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Last Reviewed: 05/12/2024