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Neurology NCLEX Style Questions and Answers Already Passed During hospitalization, a child experiences a tonic-clonic seizure. To provide for the client's safety, which of the following actions sho... uld the nurse take? 1. Put a padded tongue blade between the child's teeth 2. Perform a jaw thrust and administer oxygen 3. Securely restrain the child in the bed 4. Administer a benzodiazepine intramuscularly ✔✔2. To provide for the safety of the child during a tonic-clonic seizure, the nurse should perform a jaw thrust and administer oxygen. Holding the child down, restraining the child, or putting a padded tongue blade between the child's teeth may cause injury to the child. Benzodiazepine is not used to treat a tonic-clonic seizure but is used in status epilepticus. Postoperatively, for placement of a shunt for hydrocephalus, the nurse should place a child in which of the following positions? 1. Elevated 45 degrees in a supine position 2. Flat and lying on the unoperated side 3. Flat and lying on the operated side 4. Elevated 30 degrees and prone ✔✔2. A child who has had a shunt revision for hydrocephalus should be placed flat in bed, lying on the unoperated side. The head-elevated position may cause the cerebrospinal fluid to drain too quickly from the ventricles. Lying on the operated side can cause injury to the shunt, and the prone position may cause interference with respiration. The parents of a 2-year-old toddler who has cerebral palsy notice the child does not sit up alone. They ask the nurse whether the child will be able to learn to walk alone or with crutches. Which of the following is the appropriate response by the nurse? 1. "Your child will most likely not be able to walk alone or with crutches." 2. "The chances of your child walking without crutches is good, but it is unlikely that your child will walk alone." 3. "It is very difficult to say because every child is different." 4. "Your child will most probably be able to walk alone and without the use of crutches." ✔✔1. If a child cannot sit up by the age of 2, there is every indication that the child has cerebral palsyaffecting voluntary motor control. As a result, the [Show More]

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