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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