A patient is to receive three medications via an enteral feeding tube.What action by the nurse best contributes to maintaining the patency of the tube?
A) Pouring the medications slowly into the tube
B) Checking the gastric residual volume before feeding
C) Elevating the head of the bed at least 45 degrees
D) Flushing the tube between medications and after the last one
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