The nurse recognizes that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatments will generally be scheduled for:
a. 3 treatments over 10 weeks.
b. 6 treatments over 2 months.
c. 8 treatments over 6 weeks.
d. 10 treatments over 7 weeks.
D
ECT is done as a treatment for depression, mania, and schizoaffective disorders that have not responded to other treatments. The usual protocol is 10 treatments over 7 weeks.
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