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go.lag

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on: Jul 19, 2018
A nurse is getting a patient ready for the first electroconvulsive therapy treatment. The client's spouse asks what the expected outcome of ECT is. What would be the nurse's best response?
 
  A) We expect this treatment to cause short seizures.
  B) We expect this treatment to cure the client.
  C) We expect this treatment to restore a chemical balance within the brain.
  D) We expect this treatment to make the patient sleep for a period of time.

Question 2

What type of individual therapy is nondirective and focuses on helping the client to clarify his or her own feelings?
 
  A) Behavioral
  B) Cognitive therapy
  C) Group
  D) Humanistic


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31809pancho

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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

D


go.lag

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Reply 2 on: Jul 19, 2018
Excellent

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