The nurse should include in a teaching plan for a client who will undergo electroconvulsive therapy that he might experience some temporary memory loss after the procedure.
In order to treat refractory mental diseases, a generalized seizure is electrically triggered during electroconvulsive therapy.
The following conditions are treated with ECT: Severe depression, especially when it's accompanied by a sense of detachment from reality (psychosis), a desire to harm oneself, or an inability to eat. Depression that is resistant to therapy is a severe case that doesn't get better with drugs or other therapies.
The most frequent ECT side effects on the day of treatment include nausea, headaches, exhaustion, confusion, and mild memory loss, which may persist for a few minutes to several hours. The hazards must be weighed against the effects of serious psychiatric diseases that go untreated.
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