The patient on an enteral feeding suddenly complains of feeling faint and is sweating. The diastolic blood pressure has dropped 20 points. The nurse should immediately:
1. stop the feeding.
2. notify the charge nurse.
3. lower the head of the bed.
4. perform an Accucheck to determine the blood sugar.
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Enteral tube feedings can cause dumping syndrome by pooling feeding in the duodenum. The feeding should be stopped immediately to reduce the feeding in the gut. After the feed-ing is stopped, the charge nurse can be notified and the blood sugar checked. The head of the bed should not be lowered with a patient on parenteral feeding.
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