Seizures & Status Epilepticus — Quiz

A client begins to have a tonic-clonic seizure while sitting in a chair. The nurse's priority action is to:

• AInsert a padded tongue blade into the mouth.
• BRestrain the client's extremities.
• CLower the client to the floor and turn on their side.
• DStart an IV.

IV phenytoin must be administered:

• AMixed in D5W to prevent phlebitis
• BOnly through a line flushed with normal saline
• CAs a rapid IV push
• DIM into the deltoid