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A nurse has checked the residual in a gastrostomy tube before providing a feeding for an adult client. The previous feeding of 240 mL was given 4 hours ago. The residual was 75 mL. What should the nurse do?
 
  a. Administer the feeding as ordered.
  b. Stop the infusion, wait 1 hour, and check the residual again.
  c. Hold the feeding and call the physician for orders.
  d. Administer half of the ordered feeding and then check residual.
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You make an excellent tutor!
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