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NUR 201 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) SEIZURES | COMPLETE ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
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NUR 201 Seizures1. what is a seizure?
Answer
Abnormal, excessive, or synchronous electrical disturbance or activity in the brain
2. what can a seizure result in?
Answer
motor, sensory, or behavioral changes - also can manifest as altered LOC
3. How are seizures classified
Answer
Classified according to the area of the brain that is affected
4. Patho of seizures
Answer
· result of abnormal excessive concurrent electrical dis- charges from the cortical neuronal
network of cells on the surface of the brain
· Chemical changes in the neurons create an electrical negativity that enables the transfer of
info between neurons - when too many become excited, they discharge abnormally.
5. what is epilepsy
Answer
Chronic disorder characterized by recurrent, unprovoked seizures
· Not caused by some known or reversible medical condition
6. epilepsy is..
Answer
most frequent neuro condition
,7. epsilepy is seen as resolved when..
Answer
no seizure for 10 years, off of AEDs for 5 years
8. Seizure triggers
Answer
-Environmental or physiologic stimuli
-Stress
-Anxiety
-Fatigue
-Infection [bacterial or viral]
-Metabolic disturbances
-Illness/fever
-Missed meds
-Lights
-Brain disorders
-Lifestyle
Answer
fatigue, sleep deprivation
-Hormonal changes
9. causes of seizures in children
Answer
Acute insults-brain trauma CNS infection, hy- poxia
10. Seizure prvention
Answer
Self-care
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no alcohol/stress - adequate nutrition, sleep, ex- ercise
, 11. 6 etiologies of seizures
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1. Structural
2. genetic
3. Infectious
4. Metabolic
5. Immune
6. Idiopathic
12. structural etiology
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Brain tumor, congenital abnormalities, brain damage (pre- natal or perinatal)
13. genetic etiology
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(chromosomal abnormality) or effect of a syndrome
14. infectious etiology
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Meningitis, encephalitis
15. what is a aura?
Answer
provide early warning sign, manifests any type of sensory disturbances, such as auditory,
visual, or abdominal.
16. what is an automatism?
Answer
Unconscious movements such as lip smacking, picking at clothing, or other repetitive motions
that may resemble tics. Pts usually unaware of them until after seizure ends
17. types of seizures
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