The nurse caring for a client receiving parenteral nutrition via a central venous catheter determines that the client's temperature is elevated,white blood cell count is elevated,and the client is lethargic.The nurse suspects the client is septic.Which actions by the nurse are appropriate in this situation?
A) Replacing the parenteral nutrition with a normal saline solution
B) Changing the IV tubing
C) Saving the remaining TPN
D) Recording the lot number of the TPN
E) Notifying the health care provider.
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