Immediately after ECT, nursing care of the client is most similar to care of a client:
1. With severe dementia
2. With delirium tremens
3. Recovering from conscious sedation
4. Recovering from general anesthesia
ANS: 4
The client who has ECT receives a short-acting IV anesthetic and a skeletal muscle relaxant. Thus care is most similar to the client recovering from general anesthesia. The nurse will assess vital signs, quality of respirations, presence or absence of the gag reflex, level of consciousness, orien-tation, and motor abilities during the posttreatment period.
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