Nurse practitioner arrives and the patient appears

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The nurse calls the nurse practitioner for a floor patient that appears to be seizing. The nurse practitioner arrives and the patient appears to be having a tonic clonic seizure for 6 minutes What is the appropriate action of the nurse practitioner? Infuse levetiracetam 500 mg IVPB

Start a propofol drip Load fosphenytoin 5-10 mg/kg Order lorazepam 2 mg IVP.

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