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The nurse is caring for a patient on a medical unit who begins a tonic-clonic seizure. After a few minutes the seizure stops but repeats again after a minute. This pattern continues in which the patient is having repeated tonic-clonic seizures and has lasted for more than 10 minutes. Place the following nursing actions into order from highest priority to lowest. Click and drag the options below to move them up or down.
A)Initiate oxygen via the nasal cannula at the bedside.
B)Call respiratory therapy stat.
C)Call the physician stat.
D)Hang an IV of normal saline to keep vein open.

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