What is PN?
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Parenteral Nutrition is also known as PN.
PN is like food and the PN bags are made up from a special recipe that contains everything you might need to get enough energy to feel healthy and to grow big and strong.
The recipe to make a yellow PN bag is:
Protein – it is important for many jobs in the body such as helping your immune system to keep out any harmful germs and they will destroy any germs that get into the body. It also makes your muscles big and strong.
Vitamins and minerals – help you to have less colds.
Sugars (carbohydrates) – these refuel your body with all the energy it needs. Without sugars (carbohydrates) you wouldn’t have enough energy to go to school or play with friends.
The recipe to make a white PN bag is:
Fat – provides energy too like sugars but it also important for other things like your skin and it helps our eyes.
