The nurse anticipates that which medication will be ordered to halt status epilepticus in a patient?
1. Lorazepam (Ativan) IV
2. Oral glucose
3. Phenytoin (Dilantin) orally
4. Gabapentin (Neurontin) and lamotrigine (Lamictal)
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Rationale 1: Lorazepam (Ativan) can be used IV to stop the seizure and is an appropriate treatment order.
Rationale 2: No drug would be given orally during status epilepticus, although glucose IV might be appropriate.
Rationale 3: The drug must be given IV in this situation, and phenytoin (Dilantin) could be an option if ordered IV.
Rationale 4: The drug therapy used to treat this event uses only one drug at a time.
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