NCLEX-PN Practice Q 42

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Following a generalized seizure, the nurse can expect the client to:

  

     A. Be unable to move the extremities

     B. Be drowsy and prone to sleep

     C. Remember events before the seizure

     D. Have a drop in blood pressure

    

    

Correct Answer: B. Be drowsy and prone to sleep

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Option B: When a generalized seizure ends, the client is experiencing the postictal phase, which is the recovery period following the seizure. The client in this phase shows symptoms of drowsiness, confusion, and sleepiness.

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Option A: The client is able to move the extremities.

Option C: The client cannot remember events before the seizure.

Option D: Blood pressure is elevated.

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