A patient is receiving enteral feedings and has just vomited 250 mL of milky green liquid.The nurse holds the tube feeding,which had been infusing at 100 mL/hr.The nurse knows that the next action should be:
A) connect the feeding tube to suction.
B) continue the tube feeding.
C) decrease the tube feeding.
D) recheck the residual in 2 hours.

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The patient is not tolerating the tube feeding.It should be held until he has absorbed the remaining tube feeding.Feedings may resume when residuals are less than 250 mL.

A Patient Is Receiving Enteral Feedings and Has Just Vomited