Bolus enteral feedings are appropriate only when the feeding tube administers the formula into the
a. esophagus.
b. stomach.
c. duodenum.
d. jejunum.
B
Bolus feedings should only be administered into the stomach because a larger volume is admi-nistered at one time and the duodenum and jejunum cannot hold this larger volume. Enteral feedings are not administered into the esophagus.
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