A nurse is caring for a client admitted to the healthcare facility with a history of severe depression. The healthcare provider has prescribed electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) .What precautions should the nurse take when caring for this client?
A) Assist the client to take an antiseizure medication before ECT.
B) Ask the client to be awake for at least 2 hours after the procedure.
C) Instruct the client not to chew gum before the ECT procedure.
D) Tell the client to restrict fluids after the ECT procedure.
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