ATI MATERNITY AND PEDS HESI REVIEW 3 2023(LATEST)

Mother of a preschool-aged child calls school RN to report her child was bitten by a tick while on a school outing last wk. Mother tells RN she removed tick & flushed it down toilet. What action should school RN take? Schedule test for Lyme disease if rash appears. • Dr. prescribes phenytoin (Dilantin) for school-aged child diagnosed with tonic-clonic epilepsy. Which info should RN provide parents when teaching about seizure management with phenytoin? Monitor child’s serum phenytoin levels routinely while taking Dilantin. • During newborn admission assessment, RN palpates newborn’s scrotum & does not feel the testicles. Which assessment technique should RN perform next to verify absence of testes: Perform transillumination of scrotal sac to visualize shadows of testes. • The parents of a 14-month-old-child who is hospitalized due to febrile seizures tell RN that they fear their child will have lifelong seizures. What info should RN convey to these parents? Reassure the parents that febrile seizures decrease as child grows older.