The Nurse Receives a Patient from the Emergency Department with the Diagnosis

The nurse receives a patient from the emergency department with the diagnosis of ileus.The nurse expects the health care provider to order NPO for dietary status,and insert a nasogastric tube.The nurse knows that the purpose of the nasogastric tube is to do which of the following?

A) Decompress the stomach until peristalsis returns.
B) Provide tube feedings until peristalsis resumes.
C) Allow for the release of flatulence.
D) To keep the stomach expanded until peristalsis resumes.