Eighty-year-old Antonio Hernandez has a past medical history of hypertension, elevated cholesterol, and diabetes. He suffers a massive stroke and is stabilized in the CCU (coronary care unit). It is determined that it is unsafe to feed him orally and a tube feeding will be started immediately. ?The nurse will determine whether Antonio is tolerating the tube feeding by ____
A) ?diluting the formula
B) ?adding dye to the formula
C) ?checking gastric residuals
D) ?adding drug therapy
C
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