Topics in parenteral nutrition for the 1990s

Research and development in parenteral nutrition delivery systems, infection control, and new therapeutic agents promise to optimize the use of parenteral nutrition for the 1990s. Nurses must integrate these new technologies into patient care and apply research findings to clinical practice. Critical care nurses are at the forefront of these changes because of their unique position as expert clinicians at the bedside of the patients most in need of nutritional interventions.