Check this out... Funny and not funny at the same time..

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Specializes in LTC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m64cy1MMPg

It's so sad that this goes on so much, but at the same time so appalling I found myself laughing.

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Specializes in ICU, ER.

Been there, done that. Our worst repeat offender was an RN. She would stop in the middle of her fake seizure to tell us it was real.

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Yes this one has made it around Allnurses a few times already.

So true.

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Specializes in LTC.
Yes this one has made it around Allnurses a few times already.

So true.

Sorry, I must have missed it.

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Hey, no worries!! Its always good for a laugh.

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Specializes in LTC.
Hey, no worries!! Its always good for a laugh.

=):):D:nurse:

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Specializes in Neonatal Intensive Care.

That's funny... my pharmacology professor just played this for us in class yesterday... so sad yet so true!

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Specializes in ortho, hospice volunteer, psych,.

posts such as this one really offend me! flame away!

there really are some of us who have neurologist-diagnosed seizure disorders that produce atypical types of seizures. some of us can indeed say that we are having a seizure, be aware of our surroundings, carry on a conversation, and not be faking the seizure.

i am not debating that many misguided people fake seizures for a variety of reasons, because it is a well established fact that they do. i am merely presenting the other side. complex simple and complex partial seizures are a whole different thing.

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Specializes in MedSurg, Clinic, ER.

I'm not offended at the post, but I honestly am saddened that someone would fake a seizure to obtain attention/medicines/etc.

I don't doubt it happens, but how very sad that it does. :(

My oldest child had his first seizure about 2 years ago and it scared the crap out of us. He has since managed fairly well with medication, but when he 'forgets' to take his pills, he has another seizure within 12 hours of the missed dose. (He's had a total of 5 seizures in 2 years thanks to the meds)

It is a very frightening thing from both sides of the fence. He is always afraid and disoriented after he recovers from a seizure and of course it terrifies me!

:( Is this really a common thing? Faking them, I mean...

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It's about drug seekers, ER abusers. The woman portrayed is a few fries short of a happy meal, so she tries on a few things hoping her symptoms will prompt the ER doc to give her narcs, etc. The point is that she is even too lazy to put on a decent act. Drug seeking is very common.

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Specializes in Peds/Neo CCT,Flight, ER, Hem/Onc.

ooooooh you said a bad word(s). I'm telling the nursing theory gods.

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Specializes in ICU, Telemetry.

My "diagnostic" is -- "Gee, i can't get the Ativan into the IV with this arm shaking like that." If they spontaneously stop seizing in the arm with the IV...there ya go. Seen it a lot at my old hospital. I think if we'd put a sign in the parking lot of the ER stating "We are out of Dilaudid and Demerol" we'd have turned half of them around in the driveway. New place, not so bad, as the docs won't prescribe narcotics like they're ASA here.

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