A client is admitted to the in-patient unit and is being considered for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The client appears calm, but the family is hypervigilant and anxious. The client’s mother...

A client is admitted to the in-patient unit and is being considered for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The client appears calm, but the family is hypervigilant and anxious. The client’s mother begins to cry and states, “My child’s brain will be destroyed. How can the doctor do this?” The nurse should make which therapeutic response?

1. “It sounds as though you need to speak to the psychiatrist.” 2. “Perhaps you’d like to see the ECT room and speak to the staff.” 3. “Your child has decided to have this treatment. You should be supportive of the decision.” 4. “It sounds as though you have some concerns about the ECT procedure. Why don’t we sit down together and discuss any concerns you may have?”