Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Identify components of the CNS.
2. Identify/verbalize the components of a neurologic exam.
3. Demonstrate how to enter a neurologic exam into the electronic medical record.
4. Explain the difference between a partial and generalized seizure.
5. Define status epilepticus.
6. Verbalize safe interventions for a seizing patient.
7.  Verbalize how to prepare a room for a VEEG patient (i.e., identify what items need to be in the patient room).

Faculty

Kimberly Desautels, MSN, RN,CCRN
Nurse Educator
Neuroscience Intermediate and Acute Care Units
Baystate Medical Center 

Casey Lackenbach, ADN, RN, MSRN-BC
Staff Nurse
Neuroscience Intermediate Unit
Baystate Medical Center

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  All relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the faculty and planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients.