What is the best response to a father who tells the nurse that his son "daydreams" at home and his teacher has observed this behavior at school?
a. "Your son must have an active imagination.".
b. "Can you tell me exactly how many times this occurs in one day?"
c. "Tell me about your son's activity when you notice the daydreams.".
d. "He is probably getting tired and needs a rest.".
C
The daydream episodes are suggestive of absence seizures and data about activity associated with the daydreams should be obtained. Suggesting that the child has an active imagination does not address the child's symptoms or the father's concern. The number of times the behavior occurs is consistent with absence seizures, which can occur one after the other several times a day. Determining an exact number of absence seizures is not as useful as learning about behavior before the seizure that might have precipitated seizure activity. Blaming the seizures on rest ignores both the child's symptoms and the father's concern about the daydreaming behavior.
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