The nurse is caring for a client who is to have a bolus tube feeding. Which of the following actions should the nurse implement?
A)Deliver the feeding via a syringe over 15 minutes.
B)Increase the rate of the tube feeding to deliver the bolus over 5 minutes.
C)Withhold water by mouth for 30 minutes prior to the bolus feeding.
D)Question the order as tube feedings are not to be delivered as a bolus.

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Bolus feedings are typically delivered by gravity via a syringe over approximately 15 minutes when the feeding tube is placed in the stomach. The tube feeding rate would not be increased as the bolus should be delivered by gravity via a syringe. It is important to remember that the client still needs water (1 mL/cal formula received), and this may be administered at any time that the client can tolerate it.

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