The patient has a seizure that causes rhythmic twitching of the left hand for 90 seconds with no loss of consciousness and then stops
The nurse notes this same action repeated many times throughout the day and documents this as what type of seizure? A) Myoclonic seizure
B) Jacksonian seizure
C) Psychomotor seizure
D) Simple partial seizure
D
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This patient is having simple partial seizures, which occur in a single area of the brain and may involve a single muscle movement or sensory alteration. Myoclonic seizures involve short, sporadic periods of muscle contractions that last for several minutes. Jacksonian seizures begin in one area of the brain and involve one part of the body and then progressively spread to other parts of the body; they can develop into generalized tonic–clonic seizures. Psychomotor seizures are complex seizures that involve sensory, motor, and psychic components.
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