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Practical Nurse NCLEX®

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Assessment

GCS Scoring

Postictal after tonic-clonic seizure · L1

How this exercise works

Score Eye, Verbal, and Motor for each neurologic scenario. Lower scores signal more severe injury; totals guide escalation and documentation.

Fundamental concept

Scoring eye, verbal, and motor components during routine neurologic monitoring and when to escalate declining totals.

Read: Glasgow Coma Scale for LPN Neurologic Checks →

Scenario

Ten minutes after a generalized seizure, the patient's eyes open spontaneously, speech is confused and slow, and he follows the command to show his tongue.

Select the best eye, verbal, and motor score.

Eye

Verbal

Motor