A nurse is preparing to administer an enteral tube feeding through an NG tube at 250 mL over 4 hours. The nurse should set the pump to deliver how many mL/hr? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)
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