Ok,so I had a question on the general nursing discussion and fell bad for asking it.In any event,I now know some of my pts aren't "brain dead" but they might be in a persistant vegetative state.I have never,ever seen that on any of the facesheets and 485.Meanwhile,I don't really know if the kids are in a vegetative state.Some of the kids I wokr with have no purposeful movements,their pupils don't react with light,have no spontaneous respirations,and are unresponsiveto external stimuli. Most have aw/as cycles.The only thing I've seen are "global developmental delays".It isn't asking the same question as I asked in the general forum,but how would you describe in under "Neurological" on the assessment sheets? Also,how do you describe it under "activity" on the assessment sheets? I just put either Aw or As.Its frustrating to have to explain to Emt's sometimes what's going on......