The nurse, working in the emergency room, admits a 13-month-old child reported by
the parents to have had a clonic-tonic seizure at home with no history of a seizure
disorder. What is the nurse's priority intervention?
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B) Take the child's temperature
A 7-year-old girl is brought to the clinic by her mother. The mother states that the
child will be engaged in some activity at home and then will just stop for a few
seconds and then pick up the activity again as if there had been no break in what
she was doing. The nurse suspects the child might be demonstrating what type of
seizure?
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, B) Absence seizure
The nurse is caring for a 4-year-old child diagnosed with a seizure disorder requiring
an antiseizure agent. Using mg/kg as the comparison, how will the child's dose
compare with an adult's dose?
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B) Children require a larger mg/kg dose than an adult.
The school nurse sees a child on the playground have an absence seizure identified
by the occurrence of what characteristics?
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A) Alterations in consciousness that last seconds
The nurse anticipates a reduced dosage due to cultural differences when caring for
patients from what cultural groups? (Select all that apply.)
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A) Arab Americans
B) Asian Americans
the parents to have had a clonic-tonic seizure at home with no history of a seizure
disorder. What is the nurse's priority intervention?
Give this one a try later!
B) Take the child's temperature
A 7-year-old girl is brought to the clinic by her mother. The mother states that the
child will be engaged in some activity at home and then will just stop for a few
seconds and then pick up the activity again as if there had been no break in what
she was doing. The nurse suspects the child might be demonstrating what type of
seizure?
Give this one a try later!
, B) Absence seizure
The nurse is caring for a 4-year-old child diagnosed with a seizure disorder requiring
an antiseizure agent. Using mg/kg as the comparison, how will the child's dose
compare with an adult's dose?
Give this one a try later!
B) Children require a larger mg/kg dose than an adult.
The school nurse sees a child on the playground have an absence seizure identified
by the occurrence of what characteristics?
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A) Alterations in consciousness that last seconds
The nurse anticipates a reduced dosage due to cultural differences when caring for
patients from what cultural groups? (Select all that apply.)
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A) Arab Americans
B) Asian Americans
