A Patient Is Receiving Enteral Feedings and Reports Fullness and Abdominal

question 9

Multiple Choice

A patient is receiving enteral feedings and reports fullness and abdominal discomfort.What action by the nurse is best?

• A) Connect the feeding tube to suction.
• B) Continue the tube feeding.
• C) Decrease the tube feeding.
• D) Assess the patient's gastric residual.

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Definitions:

Positive Symptoms

Symptoms of a disorder that are characterized by the presence of unusual behaviors or feelings, such as hallucinations in schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia

A serious mental illness marked by significant abnormalities in cognition, perception, emotional regulation, communication, self-awareness, and actions.

Psychiatric Ward

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Negative Symptoms

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