A patient is to receive parenteral nutrition. The duration of therapy is planned for 4 weeks. The nurse develops a teaching plan for the patient to prepare for insertion of which of the following as most likely?

A patient is to receive parenteral nutrition. The duration of therapy is planned for 4 weeks. The nurse develops a teaching plan for the patient to prepare for insertion of which of the following as most likely? 


a) Peripherally inserted central catheter
b) Implanted port
c) Tunneled central catheter
d) Nontunneled central catheter


Answer: d) Nontunneled central catheter


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