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MrThomas Is Receiving an Enteral Feeding Product at 60 Cc/hr

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Mr.Thomas is receiving an enteral feeding product at 60 cc/hr by continuous drip.At 2:00 p.m., it is time to hang additional feeding product since there are only 40 cc left in the feeding bag.When you check the residual you note that there is 50 cc of gastric contents, so you should


A) stop the feeding and contact the physician.
B) stop the feeding, irrigate the tube, and then contact the physician.
C) continue the feeding but decrease the rate to 50 cc/hr.
D) continue the feeding as ordered.

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