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ONLINE RESOURCES

An extensive range of additional resources to enhance teaching and learning and to facilitate understanding of this chapter may be found online at the text’s accompanying website, located on thePoint at http://thepoint.lww.com. These include Watch and Learn videos, Concepts in Action animations, journal articles, review questions, case studies, discussion topics and quizzes.

WEB LINKS

Healthcare providers and students may want to consult the following Internet sources: www.epilepsy.org.au Information about epilepsy research and treatment. www.epilepsyaustralia.net Home page of Epilepsy Australia.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Adab, N. (2006). Birth defects and epilepsy medication. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics , 6(6) , 833–845.

C H E C K Y O U R U N D E R S T A N D I N G

Answers to the questions in this chapter can be found in Appendix A at the back of this book.

MULTIPLE CHOICE Select the best answer to the following.

1. When teaching a group of students about epilepsy, which of the following should the nurse or midwife include? a. always characterised by grand mal seizures b. only a genetic problem c. the most prevalent neurological disorder d. the name given to one brain disorder 2. Which of the following would the nurse or midwife be least likely to include as a type of generalised seizure? a. petit mal seizures b. febrile seizures

c. grand mal seizures d. complex seizures