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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