While completing a health history on a patient who has recently experienced a seizure, the nurse would assess for what characteristic associated with the postictal state?

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In the postictal state (after the seizure), the patient is often confused and hard to arouse and may sleep for hours. The epileptic cry occurs from the simultaneous contractions of the diaphragm and chest muscles that occur during the seizure. Urinary incontinence and intense rigidity of the entire body are followed by alternating muscle relaxation and contraction (generalized tonicclonic contraction) during the seizure.

While Completing a Health History on a Patient Who Has