Which information regarding phenytoin should the nurse include in discharge teaching?

What phase of a tonic-clonic, often referred to as gran mal, seizure is a patient having if she is having violent and severe muscle body contractions accompanied by a loss of continence?

A 21-year-old woman is admitted to the ED in a coma. She is accompanied by her husband, who states that she had a seizure. The patient is 1 week postpartum. Her vital signs are blood pressure 180/128 mmHg, pulse rate 120 beats/minute, and respiratory rate 12 breaths/minute. The physician diagnoses eclampsia. After the initial management of this patient, the nurse would expect the physician to order which medication?

The nurse typically begins to assess level of consciousness by using:

After a patient’s seizure is controlled, the nurse would expect to administer all of the following except:

Which of the following is least likely to precipitate a seizure?

The nurse’s highest priority when caring for a patient in a postictal state is to:

Which statement accurately describes the mechanism of a generalized seizure?

Paramedics bring a middle-aged man who was found unconscious on the street to the ED. No identification orfurther information is available. Vital signs are blood pressure 160/90 mmHg, pulse rate 120 beats/minute, and respiratory rate 16 breaths/minute. Upon arrival, the patient begins experiencing sustained grand mal seizures and requires intubation. The nurse establishes an IV line. Which drug treatment is usually preferred to control status epilepticus?

Which drug is the treatment of choice to prevent seizures from traumatic head injury?

The nurse is caring for a client who exhibits seizure-like activity. What action should the nurse do first?

Which of the following medication is used for absence seizures?

A client with a history of seizures takes medications to help control the seizures, but must start an additional anti-seizure medication. The client remembers that they are taking levetiracetam. However, the client cannot remember the name of the medication that the provider has just prescribed. Which of the following medications is most appropriate to help manage this client’s condition?

The nurse is caring for a client who has a history of seizures and takes carbamazepine. Which of the following drugs does the nurse question for this client?