Problem: While caring for a client and their 1-day-old neonate born vaginally at 30 weeks' gestation, the nurse explains the neonate's need for gavage feeding at this time instead of the client's plan for bottle-feeding. What should the nurse include as the rationale for this feeding plan? A high-calorie formula, presently needed at this time, is more easily delivered via gavage. The neonate has difficulty coordinating sucking, swallowing, and breathing. This type of feeding, easily given in the isolette, decreases the neonate's risk for cold stress. Gavage feedings can minimize the neonate's increased risk for developing hypoglycemia.