The nurse is checking gastric residual on a patient who has a continuously running tube feeding. She finds that the patient has a 600-mL residual volume. How should the nurse respond?
a. Stop the tube feeding.
b. Slow the tube feeding.
c. Continue the tube feeding at the same rate.
d. Increase the rate of the tube feeding.
A
Tube feedings are stopped if the patient has high gastric residual (more than 500 mL).
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