Managing Epilepsy: A Case Study of Jenny Peterson

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Epilepsy is a chronic disorder that usually causes recurrence of a sudden rush of electrical
activity in our brain which is well described as a seizure. The seizures are generalized to two categories
mild seizure which is usually not easy to be recognized and usually last for a few seconds where one lack
awareness. The stronger seizures usually cause involuntary muscle contraction which is harmless and
temporary, stronger seizure usually lasts from few seconds to several minutes. Epilepsy mostly affects
young children and older adult, epilepsy usually occurs due to head injury for example if someone is
involved in an accident and he or she suffers a head injury. This case study has been created to observe
an outdoor patient who was involved in a road accident and she suffered a head injury.
In the shade of taking to the focus of Jenny Peterson she had been diagnosed with epilepsy six
months ago, and currently, she had been on outpatient neurology to stabilize her condition. She is a
single parent of one child called samara .jenny parents live nearby just two suburbs away from where
she stay, and they do help her with babysitting anytime Jenny is at work. Jenny is middle-level earner
working as a receptionist, and the divorced husband is not supportive of both financially and
emotionally. Jenny either reports working in the during early morning hours or late in the evening
depending on her schedule. From her story, we can see how busy schedule the patient is encrypted to,
and all these factors need to be put under consideration in order to come up with the best way of
managing her epilepsy. Here we are going to use the raw facts that have been provided as outlined in
the critical reasoning cycle. Both samara and the family also need to be put on consideration.
Clinical reasoning cycle usually offers manuals script for health professionals. It enables one to
be cared for according to their own flexibility and focusing on their needs (Andersen et al., 2018). The
purpose of this paper is to present a clear discussion and also justification on how two health care
priorities with relation to Jenny. jenny whose case which has been diagnosing with epilepsy the two

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health care priorities for jenny are that she needs to have full knowledge about her condition and
adjustment to a new life in order to ensure seizure does not reoccur when she is fully recovering.
The clinical reasoning cycle usually enquires a background of clear evidence and research. The
nurse designated to the patient should be able to differentiate some contextual knowledge and skills
applied to a different patient (olete et al., 2018). Jenny should take her medication but also she needs
to b be cared for by the family member to ensure there is smooth r transition into her medication.
Through the involvement of community nurse, it ensures that there is an increase in awareness
concerning the patient living with epilepsy in the community and also ensure the issue of stigmatization
is well dealt (Bain et al., 2018). This will ensure that the patient is able to be accepted within the family
and reduce the feeling of being lonely and neglected. Additionally, the nurse will able to educate the
The first priority that I had to initiate as a community nurse for Jenny and the family was
educating them more information in relation to epilepsy (Zhang et al.,2018). I identify that they had little
knowledge about epilepsy and how to handle the issue in case the nursing care are not within the
vicinity of the patient. Family education for patient and family plays a key role in ensuring there is a
successful management of epilepsy (Garcia et al., 2018). There is confirmation that training aimed at
family member ensure there is greater knowledge of and ability that problem is solved, higher in
confidence in the handling of epilepsy, good in emotional handling and it ensures there are coordination
and unity in within family in managing the health care requirements for the patient.
The main objective for this priority is to ensure that both the patient and the family are well
informed about the condition. Jenny had complained that she wanted more information about
regarding the aspect of the disease, treatment, and management though she had earlier been provided
with indicators cover topic that was meant she is able to understand her condition clearly, the
treatment that she will undergo, and possibly the sides effects.