TY - JOUR T1 - W3: Challenges in Nursing Care of Epileptic Patients TT - W3: Challenges in Nursing Care of Epileptic Patients JF - The-Neuroscience-Journal-of-Shefaye-Khatam JO - The-Neuroscience-Journal-of-Shefaye-Khatam VL - 6 IS - 3 UR - http://shefayekhatam.ir/article-1-1787-en.html Y1 - 2018 SP - 27 EP - 27 KW - Epileptic Patients KW - Seizure KW - LTM N2 - Procedures before LTM: Admitting the patient and introduce yourself, then explain how to do LTM and describe its aim Doing MRI with epilepsy protocol Washing the patient's hair Preparing the instruments for starting the LTM Measuring the head with 10-20 system and mark the spots with a red pen Doing blood exam with doctor's order Considering the patient's consciousness and speech Procedures during LTM: Check the electrode's impedance and change the electrode if it is necessary and put some gel under the electrodes. Select the abnormal changes like IED, seizure, subclinical and etc. Observe the brain waves and manage the nursing care Make a friendly relationship with the patient and take care of her/him and protect the head box and the electrodes Do the nursing test Record the seizure and inform the doctor and perform his order Procedures after LTM: After recording sufficient seizures, call the doctor and remove the electrodes from the patient's head, after 24 hours that the seizure ends, the patient can be discharged. M3 ER -