The Nurse Is Checking Gastric Residual on a Patient Who

question 18

Multiple Choice

The nurse is checking gastric residual on a patient who has a continuously running tube feeding and finds that the patient has a 600-mL gastric residual volume (GRV) .How should the nurse respond?

• A)Stop the tube feeding.
• B)Slow the tube feeding.
• C)Continue the tube feeding at the same rate.
• D)Increase the rate of the tube feeding.

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