What are some nursing diagnosis to consider when caring for a patient undergoing ECT therapy?

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Psychiatric nursing care for the electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) patient has evolved from a traditional supportive and adjunctive practice to the current practice of independent and collaborative nursing actions. The nurse's multifaceted role is enacted by providing education and support, performing pretreatment assessments, monitoring the procedure, and observing and interpreting posttreatment patient responses. Areas of future nursing education and research should include the expansion of nursing practice with the ECT patient in the provision of quality nursing care.

• Examination of the effect of education about electroconvulsive therapy on nursing practice and patient satisfaction.

  Arkan B, Ustün B. Arkan B, et al. J ECT. 2008 Dec;24(4):254-9. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e318168be32. J ECT. 2008. PMID: 18708947

• State of the art: nursing knowledge and electroconvulsive therapy.

  Froimson L, Creed P, Mathew L. Froimson L, et al. Convuls Ther. 1995 Sep;11(3):205-11. Convuls Ther. 1995. PMID: 8528665 Review.

• The place of ECT in mental health care.

  Flint V. Flint V. Nurs N Z. 2005 Oct;11(9):18-9. Nurs N Z. 2005. PMID: 16529268 No abstract available.

• Effectiveness of a training program for ECT nurses.

  Munday J, Deans C, Little J. Munday J, et al. J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2003 Nov;41(11):20-6. doi: 10.3928/0279-3695-20031101-11. J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2003. PMID: 14621443

• Electroconvulsive therapy and nursing care.

  Kavanagh A, McLoughlin DM. Kavanagh A, et al. Br J Nurs. 2009 Dec 10-2010 Jan 13;18(22):1370, 1372, 1374-7. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2009.18.22.45564. Br J Nurs. 2009. PMID: 20081692 Review.

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