The health care provider has prescribed fosphenytoin (Cerebyx) 4 ...

[jasdeep_brar]

The health care provider has prescribed fosphenytoin (Cerebyx) 4 mg/kg/day divided every 12 hours for a child with a seizure disorder. The child weighs 55 lb. The nurse is preparing to administer the 1200 dose.
 
  Calculate the dose the nurse should administer in milligrams. Record your answer below in a whole number.
  ______________

Question 2

The nurse is preparing to admit a 10-year-old child with absence seizures. What clinical features of absence seizures should the nurse recognize? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. There is no aura.
  b. There is a postictal state.
  c. They usually last longer than 30 seconds.
  d. There is a brief loss of consciousness.
  e. There is an occasional clonic movement.

[joshbk44]

Answer to Question 1

ANS:
50

The correct calculation is:

55 lb/2.2 kg = 25 kg divided every 12 hours

Dose of Cerebyx is 4 mg/kg

4  25 = 100 mg/2 = 50 mg

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A, D, E
Clinical features of absence seizures include no auras, a brief loss of consciousness, and an occasional clonic movement. There is no postictal state, and the seizures rarely last longer than 30 seconds.