EndoNurseSp

i think there is no difference of the nurse's role if you work in endoscopy. universally, your role is to keep the patient's safety. so in endoscopy, i would say that you have to monitor patient's vital signs and report for any unusualities, provide patient's comfort, do ur documentation, and maintain patient's dignity esp if patient is undergoing flexi sigmoid or colonoscopy. also, assisting the operator/endoscopist esp in the therapeutic procedure is the nurse's job..but hey, u cant be the jack of all trades, so there should be another nurse or nurse assistant in the room.

why do the doctors think that you are having peptic ulcer disease? did u have gastroscopy before or been tested positive for breath test? i think you need a series of examinations such as ECG as you are having severe chest pain, also, you need to check your blood glucose level, and maybe endoscopy [if you have not had one yet] cos sometimes people who are having burning sensation at the midline of their chest would say they are experiencing chest pain instead of indigestion, so the doctors need to roll out any cardiac problems first. here in england, if the client is under 45 with no strong history of cancer, we always recommend breath test first, then endoscopy plus/minus biopsy/ies. if the endoscopy is normal, then dr. will order ct abdomen [if they suspect gallstones-as these cause abdo pain] or barium meal and they take it from there. i just wondered why your doctors can not find any veins..did they try to ask help from the anaesthetists as these people are 'experts' in cannulation. i hope this reply is not too late to give u more idea about the tests u'll be having. hope u get better soon!