The nurse is caring for a 47-year-old female patient who is comatose and is receiving continuous enteral nutrition through a soft nasogastric tube.The nurse notes the presence of new crackles in the patient's lungs.In which order will the nurse take action? (Put a comma and a space between each answer choice [A,B,C,D].)
A) Check the patient's oxygen saturation.
B) Notify the patient's health care provider.
C) Measure the tube feeding residual volume.
D) Stop administering the continuous feeding.
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