The nurse determines that a nasogastric (NG) tube needs irrigation when she:
A) Obtains more than 200 mL of residual volume
B) Obtains a small amount of thin watery residual
C) Does not encounter resistance when aspirating the residual
D) Obtains a reduced volume of thick secretions
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