A Patient Has Just Completed 6 Weeks of Electroconvulsive Therapy

question 11

Multiple Choice

A patient has just completed 6 weeks of electroconvulsive therapy. When visiting the clinic for a follow-up visit, the patient reports taking ginkgo for memory enhancement. Which nursing diagnosis applies?

• A) Impaired memory related to neurological changes
• B) Deficient knowledge related to potentially harmful drug interactions
• C) Ineffective denial related to consequences of mismanagement of therapeutic regime
• D) Effective management of the therapeutic regime related to improvement of memory loss associated with electroconvulsive therapy

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Definitions:

Genetic Recombination

The process by which pieces of DNA are broken and recombined to produce new combinations of alleles, contributing to genetic diversity.

Muller's Ratchet

A process by which the genomes of an asexual population accumulate deleterious mutations in an irreversible manner.

Deleterious Mutations

Genetic alterations that are harmful to an organism, potentially reducing its fitness and survivability.

Mutation-Free Genotypes

Genetic compositions of organisms that do not carry mutations compared to a reference version of their genome.