We have a G tube lady who throws up alot. She is prescribed Dramamine prn and I give it to her right after I take the floor because she gets hooked up to her feeding at 3pm, after having it off all day (they give her a lunch tray during the day). The order reads to give her the feeding all evening and night shift at 45 cc/hr. Last night at last bedcheck before I was scheduled to leave, she had a large amount of emesis. Since the feeder bottle was low and needed changing, I unhooked her and because the bed was a total mess, my aides gave her a shower. The night nurse coming on told me to just leave it off and he would change the bottle etc. after he took the floor. I was finishing up some charting and one of the aides asked me did I want to hook her feeding back up...and I was thinking, if someone's stomach was really full, enough to make them vomit, do I still hook the pump back up and continue feeding, or leave it off for like 30 min?
What would you do in this situation? (Btw, her order states "continuous feeding"; wish we could get an order to leave be after she vomits.)
I want to know because the aides told me it depends on the nurse; some nurses will leave it off for 30 min. after a big vomiting spell, and some keep it going.
