Today in my clinical skills lab I let Courtney, a fellow nursing student, give me a nasogastric tube. An NG tube is a flexible hollow tube which is inserted through a nostril and then down through the esophagus into the stomach. They can be used for tube feedings, or for removal of stomach contents. I always carry my camera with me, so another student took some pictures during the "procedure". (To see a few other photos from class click here.) It wasn't the most pleasant experience I've ever had, to be sure. However, I wasn't the only one who did it - several of my friends in other groups did the same thing in their labs. My instructor thinks we're all crazy, because this certainly wasn't required of any of us. We have dummies in our skills lab to practice on, but I figure the more real life experience we get, the better. Now we've all gotten to see what it looks like on a real person. Plus, I'm sure that now I'll be able to nail it on our skills demonstration test in a few weeks...
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Wow, you went above and beyond the call of duty! Good for you. Now you will know what it's like for patients.
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