The nurse planning nutritional interventions for an infant with congestive heart failure who has a nursing diagnosis of "Imbalanced nutrition: Less than body requirements related to poor caloric intake and increased metabolic demands as evidenced by poor weight gain and weight loss" would most likely include in the nursing care plan which of the following interventions?
A) Increase calorie density slowly by adding less water when mixing formula or powdered formula to expressed breast milk.
B) Quickly increase the calorie density by adding less water when mixing formula or powdered formula to expressed breast milk.
C) Administer bolus feedings via a nasogastric tube every 2 to 3 hours.
D) Start rice cereal earlier than is normally recommended.
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