PrepU Chapter 66
Which medication classification is used preoperatively to decrease the risk of postoperative seizures?
Anticonvulsants
A client is admitted to an acute care facility after an episode of status epilepticus. After the client is stabilized, which factor is most beneficial in determining the potential cause of the episode?
Compliance with the prescribed medication regimen
The nurse is educating a patient with a seizure disorder. What nutritional approach for seizure management would be beneficial for this patient?
High in protein and low in carbohydrate
A nurse working on a medical-surgical floor walks into a patient's room to find the patient with an altered level of consciousness (LOC). Which of the following nursing diagnoses would be the first priority for the plan of care?
Ineffective airway clearance related to altered LOC
What does the nurse recognize as the earliest sign of serious impairment of brain circulation related to increasing ICP?
Lethargy and stupor
A nurse working on a medical-surgical floor walks into a patient's room to find the patient with an altered level of consciousness (LOC). Which of the following actions would be the first priority?
Maintenance of a patent airway
When educating a patient about the use of antiseizure medication, what should the nurse inform the patient is a result of long-term use of the medication in women?
Osteoporosis
A patient is admitted to the hospital for management of an extrapyramidal disorder. Included in the physician's admitting orders are the medications levodopa, benztropine, and selegiline. The nurse knows that most likely, the client has a diagnosis of:
Parkinson's disease.
A nurse is providing care to a client with a brain tumor. The client has experienced seizures as a result of the tumor. Which area would be a priority for this client?
Safety
After a seizure, the nurse should place the patient in which of the following positions to prevent complications?
Side-lying, to facilitate drainage of oral secretions
The initial sign of increasing intracranial pressure (ICP) includes
decreased level of consciousness.
A patient with epilepsy is having a seizure. Which of the following should the nurse do after the seizure?
Keep the patient to one side.
A client is sitting in a chair and begins having a tonic-clonic seizure. The most appropriate nursing response is to:
carefully move the client to a flat surface and turn him on his side.
