A patient is to receive three medications via an enteral feeding tube. What action by the nurse best contributes to maintaining the patency of the tube?
a. Pouring the medications slowly into the tube
b. Checking the gastric residual volume be-fore feeding
c. Elevating the head of the bed at least 45 degrees
d. Flushing the tube between medications and after the last one
D
Flushing the tube with water helps it to remain patent by rinsing away any of the residual medi-cation left in it. Pouring the medications into the tube slowly does nothing for patency. Checking the gastric residual volume identifies only how the stomach is emptying. Elevating the head of the bed helps to prevent aspiration, not tube clogging.
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