silly nursing question, hope u can answer it...

DLS_PMHNP, MSN, RN, NP · Jun 20, 2009

At my school (university) we NEVER practiced invasive procedures on one another, nor were we allowed to, inside school or outside of school. I agree... would not be a comfortable situation at all.

I have heard nurses who have been in practice for 20+ years talk about having to start Foleys on one another when they were in school (shudder). :down:

The most 'invasive' thing you may have to do is a bed bath (where the person you bathe is wearing t shirt/tank top and shorts).

Good Luck!!

Diane

*ac* · Jun 20, 2009

No, we did not practice it either.

ErinDel, ASN, BSN, RN · Jun 20, 2009

Thanks diane... appreciate your feedback.

DLS_PMHNP, MSN, RN, NP · Jun 20, 2009

Thanks diane... appreciate your feedback.

You are very welcome.

All the best to you!! :nurse:

mom4josh · Jun 20, 2009

We never did invasive procedures on each other either. We took vitals, but that was about it. Everything else was on a dummy (and, therefore, much easier because they are anatomically perfect).

NG tubes aren't usually hard. The worst part is getting the patient to cooperate. They need to tilt their head forward, swallow as the tube goes down (it helps to have a cup of water with a straw), and not freak out when they gag (which they WILL do). Then , when you think you're down far enough, you use an oversized syringe to inject air while listening to their stomach with your stethoscope. Only if you hear air do you know you're in the right place (or if you get tons of gastric fluid in the tube when you insert it).

This happens to be one of my favorite procedures to do, but I don't get to do it often enough.

Good luck in your studies.

Oh, and I think it was either first or second semester when we learned this.

ErinDel, ASN, BSN, RN · Jun 20, 2009

Thanks mom4josh that was helpful info....

moonshadeau, ADN, BSN, MSN, RN, APN, NP, CNS · Jun 20, 2009

We had to practice starting IV's on each other. I still have the scar:D We never did NG's or anything else invasive. I hate to say that most of my practice was on real patients.

nurseneedaname · Jun 20, 2009

We practice using a dummy!

Midwest4me · Jun 20, 2009

at my school (university) we never practiced invasive procedures on one another, nor were we allowed to, inside school or outside of school. i agree... would not be a comfortable situation at all.
i have heard nurses who have been in practice for 20+ years talk about having to start foleys on one another when they were in school (shudder).
the most 'invasive' thing you may have to do is a bed bath (where the person you bathe is wearing t shirt/tank top and shorts).
good luck!!
diane

wow, this gives new meaning to the phrase "up close and personal"!!!! :lol2: i've been practicing 24 years and when i was in school we never started foleys on each other. i cannot imagine any school permitting that. someone is pulling your leg. we gave ourselves (and other students)im injections with normal saline though after practicing on an orange. we never did the practicing of ng tubes(may have been in the second year of the rn program which i opted not to continue) but i had a friend who went through the rn program at a different school and she told me of her experience. she'd eaten a peanut butter sandwich prior to returning for class and that's when they practiced the ng tube insertion--on her---she said its removal was not a happy time! :mad: :uhoh21:

Acosmo27 · Jun 20, 2009

At my school we only did them on the dummys.. I think practicing this skill on eachother is a little outdated.. my professor told me that they used to do it on eachother (but that was about 30 years ago)... honestly if we had to do it on eachother, I would have refused... theres no way. The only major thing we did on eachother were IV insertions...

sicushells, RN · Jun 20, 2009

Only if you hear air do you know you're in the right place (or if you get tons of gastric fluid in the tube when you insert it).

Evidence-based practice shows that only a positive KUB proves NGT placement. There are a couple cases of patients having NGT placed, + air bolus/pH test documented and then the NGT was found in the brain or lungs.