Also called: ECT Treatment Nurse
Nurse on the team that gives ECT, a carefully controlled brain-stimulation treatment for severe depression that other care hasn't helped.
Arrives early to prepare patients: vital signs, IV lines and calm conversation. In the treatment room you assist the anesthesiologist and psychiatrist while the patient sleeps through a brief, controlled seizure, then watch them wake up in recovery. Many patients you see over several weeks get dramatically better.
Estimate based on RN pay.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 5 years after high school. Registered nurse with psychiatric or recovery-room experience; ECT training on the job.
Ways in: 4-year college, 2-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Nursing.
Growing about average. Offered at a limited number of hospitals.
Low risk for 10 years. Preparing, monitoring and comforting patients during treatment stays hands-on nursing.
Classes: Biology, Psychology, Chemistry.
Career Universe is an early version. Pay, training and AI-risk figures are estimates to start your own research, not verified facts. The research was written with AI research assistants, checked by validation scripts and spot-checked by hand. Check anything important with schools, employers and official sources. How the numbers work.