The client says to the nurse, "My doctor said that I will always have to take medicine to control the seizures from my epilepsy. Is that so?" What is the best response by the nurse?
1. "You will need to take medication on a continuous basis to control the seizures."
2. "You will have to take the medication until your seizures are cured."
3. "You will need to take the medication unless you are willing to make some very difficult lifestyle changes."
4. "After you have been seizure free for 1 year, you can stop taking medication."
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: Epilepsy is a disease where seizures occur on a chronic basis. Once seizures are controlled, clients are continued indefinitely on the antiseizure drug.
Rationale 2: Epilepsy and associated seizures are not curable with medications.
Rationale 3: The seizures associated with epilepsy are not lifestyle dependent and cannot be cured or controlled by changes of lifestyle.
Rationale 4: After the client has been seizure free for 3 years, the health care provider may recommend a slow withdrawal from medication.
Global Rationale: Epilepsy is a disease where seizures occur on a chronic basis. Once seizures are controlled, clients are continued indefinitely on the antiseizure drug. Epilepsy and associated seizures are not curable with medications. The seizures associated with epilepsy are not lifestyle dependent and cannot be cured or controlled by changes of lifestyle. After the client has been seizure free for 3 years, the health care provider may recommend a slow withdrawal from medication.
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