Question 1

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A 6-year-old child is having a generalized seizure in the classroom at school. Place in order the interventions the school nurse should implement, starting with the highest-priority intervention and sequencing to the lowest-priority intervention.

-Third priority

Accepted Answer

A)  Take vital signs
B)  Ease child to the floor
C)  Allow child to rest
D)  Turn child to the side
E)  Integrate child back into the school environmentF) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 2

Which clinical manifestations would suggest hydrocephalus in a neonate?

Accepted Answer

A)   Bulging fontanel and dilated scalp veins
B)   Closed fontanel and high-pitched cry
C)   Constant low-pitched cry and restlessness
D)   Depressed fontanel and decreased blood pressureE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 3

MATCHING
A 6-year-old child is having a generalized seizure in the classroom at school. Place in order the interventions the school nurse should implement, starting with the highest-priority intervention and sequencing to the lowest-priority intervention.

-First priority

Accepted Answer

A)  Take vital signs
B)  Ease child to the floor
C)  Allow child to rest
D)  Turn child to the side
E)  Integrate child back into the school environmentF) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 4

Which neurologic diagnostic test gives a visualized horizontal and vertical cross section of the brain at any axis?

Accepted Answer

A)   Nuclear brain scan
B)   Echoencephalography
C)   Computed tomography (CT)  scan
D)   Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 5

MATCHING
A 6-year-old child is having a generalized seizure in the classroom at school. Place in order the interventions the school nurse should implement, starting with the highest-priority intervention and sequencing to the lowest-priority intervention.

-Second priority

Accepted Answer

A)  Take vital signs
B)  Ease child to the floor
C)  Allow child to rest
D)  Turn child to the side
E)  Integrate child back into the school environmentF) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

A toddler,who fell out of a second-story window,had brief loss of consciousness and vomited 4 times.Since admission,the child has been alert and oriented.The mother asks why a computed tomography (CT) scan is required when the child "seems fine." The nurse should base the response on the need to monitor for what possible complication?

Accepted Answer

A)   A brain injury
B)   Coma
C)   Seizures
D)   Skull fractureE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Which statement is most descriptive of a concussion?

Accepted Answer

A)   Petechial hemorrhages cause amnesia.
B)   Visible bruising and tearing of cerebral tissue occur.
C)   It is a transient, reversible neuronal dysfunction.
D)   A slight lesion develops remote from the site of trauma.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Which statement is most descriptive of a concussion?

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MATCHING A 6-year-old child is having a generalized seizure in the classroom at school. Place in order the interventions the school nurse should implement, starting with the highest-priority intervention and sequencing to the lowest-priority intervention. -Second priority

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MATCHING A 6-year-old child is having a generalized seizure in the classroom at school. Place in order the interventions the school nurse should implement, starting with the highest-priority intervention and sequencing to the lowest-priority intervention. -Third priority

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Which clinical manifestations would suggest hydrocephalus in a neonate?

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Which statement is most descriptive of a concussion?

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MATCHING A 6-year-old child is having a generalized seizure in the classroom at school. Place in order the interventions the school nurse should implement, starting with the highest-priority intervention and sequencing to the lowest-priority intervention. -Second priority

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Which clinical manifestations would suggest hydrocephalus in a neonate?

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