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The Nurse Has Just Started a Client on Continuous Tube

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The nurse has just started a client on continuous tube feedings of a full-strength commercial formula at 100 mL/hour using a closed system method and has had six diarrhea stools the first day. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?


A) Slow the infusion rate of the tube feeding.
B) Check gastric residual volumes more frequently.
C) Change the enteral feeding system and formula every 8 hours.
D) Discontinue administration of water through the feeding tube.

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