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The Patient's Caregiver Is Checking the Patient's Nasogastric (NG)tube for Gastric

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The patient's caregiver is checking the patient's nasogastric (NG) tube for gastric residual before proceeding with the patient's next feeding.The patient aspirates 150 mL of residual.What should the caregiver do now?


A) Hold the feeding.
B) Contact the health care provider.
C) Proceed with the feeding,but do not return the aspirated contents to the stomach.
D) Proceed with the feeding after returning the aspirated contents to the stomach.

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