Question

A nurse is performing initial teaching with a client who will be receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Which statement by the client indicates a need for further teaching?

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer to the following question will be Option B.

Explanation:

The given question is incomplete and the complete question is given below:

A. "Before my treatment, I shall stop taking my lithium for 2 weeks".

B. "My dose of Dilantin will go up several days before the treatment".

C. "I'll need to keep taking my regular medication for blood pressure".

D."I will have an EKG before the operation to determine cardiac abnormalities."

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): Is the most widely used medical treatment in critically ill patients severe depression or bipolar who have not responded to any other therapies. ECT requires a brief electrical brain stimulation while the patient undergoes anesthesia.

When, a client is having a dose of Dilantin (Dilantin is a non-epileptic medicine, also used as an anticonvulsant) then, a nurse should give him ECT, and this therapy is a need for that kind of client.

Therefore, Option B is the correct answer.