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A child with a febrile illness is taking a cephalosporin. While in the clinic for a follow-up visit, the child has a tonic-clonic seizure. The primary care NP should:
 
  a. administer acetaminophen because this is likely a febrile seizure.
  b. reassure the parent that seizures can occur while taking cephalosporins.
  c. ask the child's parent how much of the cephalosporin the child has taken.
  d. suspect the development of a secondary central nervous system infection.
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Seizures can occur with an overdose of cephalosporins, so the NP should determine whether this has occurred. It is not correct to assume that the seizure is fever-related or that it is a normal side effect of the cephalosporin.
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