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When caring for a 63-year-old woman with a soft, silicone nasogastric tube in place for enteral feedings, the nurse will

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A 60-year-old man who is hospitalized with an abdominal wound infection has only been eating about 50 of meals and states, Nothing on the menu sounds good. Which action by the nurse will be most effective in improving the patient's oral intake?



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