The nurse is teaching a class for patients who have been recently diagnosed with epilepsy. The nurse determines that learning has occurred when the patients make which statements?
A) "Excessive stress levels cause disruptions in how the brain receives oxygen, leading to epilepsy."
B) "Epilepsy may be caused by a head injury."
C) "Eating disorders, like anorexia nervosa, increase the risk for developing epilepsy."
D) "A stroke, or brain attack, could increase the risk for developing epilepsy."
E) "With some cases of epilepsy, the cause is never determined."
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