Every time you administer an intermittent supplemental enteral feeding through a feeding tube what must you do after?
A) Run tap water through the tube until time for the next feeding.
B) Flush the feeding tube completely to prevent clogging of the tube.
C) Check the stomach for residual enteral feeding in the stomach.
D) Get an abdominal x-ray to ensure that the feeding tube is correctly placed.
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