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1. How can nurses maintain safety for a patient having a seizure?- Answers - - Turn
patient onto their left side
- Remove constricting clothing
- Move objects away from patient
- Keep head safe
- Place a pillow under patient's head
- Don't stick anything in their mouth
- Do not restrain
- Suction around the mouth as needed
- If standing help them to the ground
2. What diagnostic tests are used to discover seizures?- Answers - - EEG
- MAG (like EEG but with greater sensitivity)
- Run CBC- Answers - RBC, WBC, platelets
- Chem7 (BMP)- Answers - electrolytes & kidney function
- Liver function test
- Urinary analysis
- MRI/CT
3. What are seizure precautions?- Answers - - Suction accessible
- Pads on the railing
- bed in low position
4. Seizure- Answers - Sudden, abnormal, excessive, electrical discharge of neurons

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, 5. Epilepsy- Answers - Recurring seizures
6. Metabolic disturbances associated with seizures- Answers -- Answers - - Acidosis and
alkalosis/electrolyte im- balances/hypoglycemia
Hypoxemia

- Alcohol or barbiturate withdrawal
- Dehydration or water intoxication
7. Extracranial disorders associated with seizures- Answers - - HTN/DM
- SLE
- Septicemia/fever
- Tumor




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