A novice nurse who will be assessing a patient after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) asks her mentor, What sort of memory impairment is present after several ECT treatments? The best response for the mentor would be:
a. It's hard to say. Treatment affects everyone differently.
b. Usually the patient has severe difficulty remembering remote events.
c. Patients have mild difficulty remembering recent events, like what was eaten for breakfast.
d. Both recent and remote memory is affected, producing profound confused, cog-nitive states.
Question 2
About an hour after the patient has ECT, he complains of having a headache. The nurse should:
a. Notify the physician stat.
b. Administer an as needed (prn) dose of acetaminophen.
c. Take the patient through a progressive relaxation sequence.
d. Advise going to activities to expend energy and relieve tension.
Nurses possess a wide variety of experiences which they take into each patient encounter.
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