QOD 006: Adult patient gastrostomy tube (Basic Care and Comfort)

A nurse is preparing to administer the next enteral feeding to a client with a gastrostomy tube. The client complains of nausea. The nurse checks for residual before starting the feeding and returns 200 mL. Which of the following actions of the nurse is most appropriate?

• Get the client out of bed to ambulate
• Turn the client prone
• Hold the feeding
• Administer the feeding as ordered