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Harry is a 45-year-old patient with head trauma who is scheduled for a gastrostomy tube to be inserted. His wife asks the nurse why they can't just feed him through the IV. What is the nurse's best response?

A. The gastrostomy tube will allow us to give him oral medications as well as his feedings.
B. Research has shown that it is safer for patients and will maintain the function of his gut.
C. It will be less expensive in the long run to feed him through a gastrostomy tube than an IV.
D. The procedure is uncomplicated, and he will be more content being fed through his stomach.

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