The nurse is preparing a 50 mL dose of 50% dextrose IV for a patient with insulin shock. What is the appropriate method for administering the medication?

Mix the dextrose in a 50 mL piggyback for a total volume of 100 mL.

Dilute the dextrose in one liter of 0.9% normal saline solution.

Request the pharmacist to add the dextrose to a total parenteral nutrition (TPN) solution.

Administer the undiluted dextrose slowly through the currently infusing IV. .