A peripheral nerve or dorsal column stimulator is implanted to relieve a client's intractable pain. what discharge instructions should the nurse provide?

The nurse must provide a stimulator device for the spinal cord by means of moderate electricity. First, you must disconnect the transmitter after a bath, then turn on the stimulate to supply the energy that relieves the pain so that the body and the brain get new signals and there is a new state of health in the patient.

Disconnect the transmitter when taking a bath. A spinal cord stimulator device is implanted under the skin and give a mild electric current to your spinal cord. There’s small wire that give the current from a pulse generator to the nerve fibers of the spinal cord. When it is switch on, the SCS stimulates the nerves in the area where your pain is felt. Pain is lessen because the electrical pulses modify and mask the pain signal from reaching the brain.