The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient with a Seizure

The nurse is caring for a patient with a seizure disorder who is scheduled for surgery to remove the epileptogenic focus within the cerebral cortex. The nurse realizes that this patient must have met which criteria to have this type of surgery planned?

A) The patient desires to have a family.
B) There is one focal point located within the patient's brain.
C) The patient cannot afford antiseizure medication prescribed.
D) Medications have not been successful to control seizure activity.
E) The patient is unable to hold a full-time job because of seizure activity.