A Nurse Is Caring for a Patient Who Has Been

A nurse is caring for a patient who has been taking an antiepileptic drug for several weeks. The nurse asks the patient if the therapy is effective. The patient reports little change in seizure frequency. What will the nurse do?

A) Ask the patient to complete a seizure frequency chart for the past few weeks.
B) Contact the provider to request an order for serum drug levels.
C) Reinforce the need to take the medications as prescribed.
D) Request an order to increase the dose of the antiepileptic drug.