Medical Surgery for Nursing (NURS 213)

Protect the client’s privacy and the client from injury (move furniture away, hold head in lap if on the floor). Position the client to provide a patent airway. (Remember aspiration, turn head to side) Be prepared to suction oral secretions. Turn the client to the side to decrease the risk of aspiratioThis is the postictal phase of the seizure episode. Maintain the client in a side‑lying position to prevent aspiration and to facilitate drainage of oral secretions. Check vital signs. Assess f...