Question

A nurse on an inpatient medical-surgical unit is taking care of a patient with acute gastritis. the patient has a nasogastric tube (ngt) to low-intermittent suction with bilious aspirate. upon reassessment, the nurse finds the aspirate to have become blood-tinged. what should the nurse do next?

Answer 1

The nurse should call and notify the physician right away as this could mean a complication in the client's condition. The client's GI Tract might be bleeding due to the gastric juices in the client's stomach. It needs urgent attention and needs to be properly documented too.