Case Studies Eighty-Year-Old Antonio Hernandez Has a Past Medical History of Hypertension

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Case Studies
Eighty-year-old Antonio Hernandez has a past medical history of hypertension, elevated cholesterol, and diabetes.He suffers a massive stroke and is stabilized in the CCU (coronary care unit) .It is determined that it is unsafe to feed him orally and a tube feeding will be started immediately.
-The nurse will determine whether the patient is tolerating the tube feeding by:

• A)diluting the formula.
• B)adding dye to the formula.
• C)checking gastric residuals.
• D)adding drug therapy.

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Depreciation Method

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