Seizure Disorder — NCLEX Cheat Sheet
Safety first → never restrain
👤 By the CinnaRN Clinical Content Team
🕐 Updated 2026-07-11
🏷️ Physiological Adaptation
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Use this quick-reference guide to spot, treat, and prevent Seizure Disorder on the NCLEX. Keep it handy during review and on exam day!
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- Tonic-clonic = LOC + jerking
- Absence = brief staring, no LOC
- Aura may precede seizure
- Side-lying, protect head, time it
- Loosen clothing, suction ready
- Pad rails, stay with patient
- NEVER restrain or force airway
- Nothing in mouth during seizure
- Phenytoin, levetiracetam, valproate
- Don't stop abruptly → status
- Status epilepticus = give lorazepam
✨Quick Tip
A generalized tonic-clonic seizure has a tonic (stiffening) phase followed by a clonic (rhythmic jerking) phase.
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