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The nurse is caring for a patient who is receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and notes that the patient becomes dyspneic when transferring from the bed to a chair. The nurse auscultates rales in both lungs. Which action will the nurse take next?
 
  a. Ask the patient to perform the Valsalva maneuver.
  b. Decrease the TPN rate and request an order for a diuretic medication.
  c. Obtain an order for a chest radiograph and an antibiotic.
  d. Stop the TPN and request an order for intravenous isotonic dextrose.
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