The nurse is providing teaching to a patient newly diagnosed with focal seizure disorder. Which statement by the nurse is most accurate?

A. Simple partial (focal aware) seizures do not alter consciousness; that is a characteristic of complex partial seizures. B. Focal (partial) seizures typically affect one hemisphere of the brain and therefore one side of the body. C. Seizures that begin with motor impairment in all extremities suggest a generalized seizure, not a simple partial seizure. D. This is inaccurate. Simple partial seizures are treatable with antiepileptic medications and sometimes surgical interventions.