She is a nurse and has been probed in the nose for a day to find out what her patients are feeling.

Dorcas Boamah is 27 years old and is a nurse in a university hospital in London, England. Every day, he should put gastric tubes in his nose and his patients will ask him, frightened, if it hurts them or they bother him. For that, He decided to spend a whole day with this tube and therefore to answer it with sincerity..

"I put myself in my patients' shoes. I work as a clinical nutrition nurse and I lead the placement of nasogastric tubes while I train other nurses so that they can do it, "he wrote in his Instagram account. I put the probe to work and I kept it until my return home. So I took public transport with that, "he continued.

About the experience, Boamah explained that the insertion of the device was a bit uncomfortable, but being relaxed made things easier. "Immediately after, I felt vulnerable, isolated and exposed. On the way back, many people watched me and took pity on me, offering me the seat – something that I rejected – ", he revealed.

The nurse explained that, thanks to the training she had received over the years, she knew how the catheter worked and that now, thanks to the research itself, she understood the patients' feelings. He said that he wanted to experience his feelings and the way he affects them, to have more empathy. "I knew your physical and emotional reality. I think that as a society we should standardize these tubes, "he concluded.

His initiative has generated hundreds of comments of thanks for his commitment. Before the local media, he said: "That made me a better nurse. Now I can tell my patients exactly what to expect and I understand how valuable it is to take a few extra moments to talk to them and relax. "

The gastro-nasal tube is a tube that is inserted through the nose and into the stomach. Used to nourish, eliminate gastric contents and administer medications. It is placed when there are difficulties to eat or drink, but not to digest.