Nasogastric Tube Reflection

This week in clinical, I was assigned a patient with a nasogastric tube. A NG tube is very painful for the patient if it is slightly moved, so I was a little nervous taking care of this patient. I walked into to the room and met with the patient and his wife. I began to ask him questions about his past medical history, his medications, and current state of being. I then took vital signs. After finishing vital signs, I realized that his pulse was 54 bmp, which is very low. So, I discussed this with the nurse and she told me that is normal pulse for this patient. I then did am care on the patient. I had to be very careful because of his NG tube, so changing the gown was the most difficult part of the procedure. The patient then stated that he wanted to go and sit in the chair. …show more content…
Then we helped the patient slowly transfer from the bed to the chair. I frequently asked the patient if he feels any pain or dizziness. When talking with the PCT, I learned that they had to call the rapid response team yesterday, when the patient got up to walk. When the patient stated that he wanted to walk, I became very tense and anxious. With the help of my nursing instructor, we got the patient up and he walked to the end of the hallway and back without any complaints of pain or dizziness. I also did a head to toe assessment on the patient with the nursing instructor because I want to be more confident in my abilities in assessing