Question

Fat emulsion is prescribed for the client receiving total parenteral nutrition. The nurse is preparing to administer the fat emulsion and notes the presence of fat globules in the solution. What should the nurse do?

Answer 1

Take another bottle of solution.

Explanation:

The fat emulsion is a cloudy white solution that is regulated intravenously during parenteral nourishment to prohibit fatty acid depletion. Patients who are incapable to get enough fat through their diet usually because of certain sicknesses, fat emulsions are used as dietary supplements for them.

The nurse should assess the bottle of fat for the divergence of an emulsion into layers, fat globules, the accumulation of froth. If the presence of fat globules in the solution occurs the nurse should not hang a fat emulsion and should return the solution to the pharmacy.