For patients who are tube fed,
A) medications should be given by mouth when possible.
B) all medications should be crushed before placing them in the feeding tube.
C) medications should be administered only when the patient is in a prone position.
D) give all medications before flushing the feeding tube.
E) gastric residual volume is not an important consideration.
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