A nurse is preparing to give prescribed medications through a feeding tube whose placement and use have been authorized. Place the following actions in the correct order.

First verify the medication orders and assess tube placement and patency according to policy. Pause the feeding and flush the tube with water. Administer each compatible medication separately rather than mixing medications together, using ordered flushes between drugs. Finish with the prescribed water flush, then resume the feeding at the ordered time. This sequence reduces occlusion, incompatibility, and altered drug delivery.

Use only the findings, timing, and orders stated in the scenario.

Apply the requested nursing decision to this client rather than relying on a broad disease label.

The remaining responses are contradicted by the scenario, mistimed, outside scope, or unsafe.

Address immediate threats first and reassess after intervention.

Choose only actions supported at this exact point in care.

• informed consent — informed consent is a key clinical concept for assessing and managing acute transfusion reaction response.
• Y-tubing — Y-tubing is a key clinical concept for assessing and managing acute transfusion reaction response.
• baseline vital signs — baseline vital signs is a key clinical concept for assessing and managing acute transfusion reaction response.