A client is medically cleared for ECT and is tentatively scheduled for six treatments over...

(A) This response indicates that the nurse is unsure of herself and not knowledgeable about ECT. It also reinforces the husband’s fears. (B) This response is “passing the buck” unnecessarily. The information needed to appropriately answer the husband’s question is well within the nurse’s knowledge base. (C) The most common range for affective disorders is 6–10 treatments. This response confirms and reinforces the physician’s plan for treatment. It also opens communicationwith the husband to identify underlying fears and knowledge deficits. (D) This response offers false reassurance and dismisses the husband’s underlying concerns about his wife.