Immediately after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), nursing care of the patient is most similar to care of a patient:
a. With severe dementia
b. With delirium tremens
c. Recovering from conscious sedation
d. Recovering from general anesthesia
ANS: D
The patient who has ECT receives a short-acting IV anesthetic and a skeletal muscle relaxant. Thus care is most similar to the patient recovering from general anesthesia. The nurse will as-sess vital signs, quality of respirations, presence or absence of the gag reflex, level of con-sciousness, orientation, and motor abilities during the post-treatment period.
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