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A 60-year-old man with a history of seizures is brought to the ED because of recurrent seizure activity. While in the ED, he develops tonic-clonic movements of the right arm and leg. Which postictal manifestation should the nurse anticipate and adjust for in the patient’s plan of care?

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?

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

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

Which statement about eclampsia is true?

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

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?

When administering phenytoin intravenously, the nurse must:

Which method is the best way of determining a patient’slevel of consciousness in the emergency department (ED)?

Which statement accurately describes the mechanism of a generalized seizure?

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?

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?

Which of the following medication is used for absence seizures?

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