Which sign does the nurse expect to see when a patient has an absence seizure?
a. Rigidity of arm and leg muscles
b. Automatisms such as lip smacking
c. Blank staring as if daydreaming
d. One-sided movement of an extremity
C
Absence (petit mal) seizures are more common in children. They involve a brief (few seconds) loss of consciousness and blank staring. A child may appear to be daydreaming. After the seizure the child returns to normal immediately.
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