title: Total parenteral nutrition.
abstract: Providing nourishment to the sick is one of the basic tenets of nursing practice. Today, as this fundamental human need is met through the modern technology of parenteral nutrition, nursing's role in providing nutritional care for patients has become more significant. Conscientious nursing management of the patient receiving TPN is essential for preventing complications and for ensuring that therapeutic goals are met.
authors.affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Worthington
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Wagner
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous; D005526:Food, Formulated / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*