OldDude

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    Pseudo Seizures

    OldDude replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    *jumps behind the
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    Pseudo Seizures

    OldDude replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I totally agree with this. It crystallizes Praiser's initial post subject. If you tell a child having a seizure to "cut that out," and they stop or they change what they're doing to something else,or...
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    Pseudo Seizures

    OldDude replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    Mary, you're so Contrary...I know I know!! I'm not the first to say that but I could help myself
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    Medical Records, Admins, and FERPA, oh my!

    OldDude replied to DEgalRN's topic in School

    Yes, you're correct. But keep in mind that you are not responsible for the privacy violations by others. It doesn't involve you if someone who has the right to know something about a kid passes that...
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    May the 4th be with you...

    OldDude replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    Probably, but I do live in the
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    May the 4th be with you...

    OldDude replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    You guys know how to train your women up
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    Male graduate and pinning

    OldDude replied to Rn 1979's topic in Men in Nursing

    You asked for feelings about it. That's how I feel. Do whatever you want to
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    Pseudo Seizures

    OldDude replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    As school nurses we face the same dilemma but there isn't a psych unit, physician, any other nurse or any other medical person; just us and whatever seizure action plan we have...if any...and
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    Male graduate and pinning

    OldDude replied to Rn 1979's topic in Men in Nursing

    No I didn't skip. I wasn't particularly excited about it but I did it to pay respect to the tradition of nursing school and the nursing
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    Pseudo Seizures

    OldDude replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I agree. We are saying the same thing...it's pretend or psychogenic. Psychogenic seizures are real to the person experiencing them. As school nurses we seldom get past the umbrella diagnosis of...
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    Pseudo Seizures

    OldDude replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I'm good with that - psychogenic seizure...I think the more appropriate term to use, otherwise, instead of pseudo seizure would be idiopathic seizure. It's a seizure from an unknown origin. Not a fake...
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    Pseudo Seizures

    OldDude replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    AMEN!
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    Pseudo Seizures

    OldDude replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    Best advice I've heard in a long
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    Pseudo Seizures

    OldDude replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    "A series of movements or behaviors that resemble a seizure but are not caused by abnormal electrical brain activity. SOME ARE SIMULATED FOR SECONDARY GAIN AND SOME BY PSYCHOLOGICAL CAUSES; THEY CAN...
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    Pseudo Seizures

    OldDude replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I've heard that term before and I agree with Mr. There isn't such a thing as a false seizure. Regardless of the cause, a seizure is a seizure or it's not. Oh, my child has pseudo headaches; the doctor...
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    C'Mon Now!

    OldDude replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Well, at least this is a legitimate reason. I've felt the same way being in the same room with my 4
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    May the 4th be with you...

    OldDude replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    I'm telling you, Chewie and Rey are gonna end up
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    May the 4th be with you...

    OldDude replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    Gun man, Star Wars fan...you better hang onto this one...and binge watch Star Wars one weekend with
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    That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I...er...uh...
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    allnuisances

    OldDude replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Heck yea, we like baiting so much in Texas, we teach our kids to bait when they're old enough to hold
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    School Nurse's Day

    OldDude replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    That's quite a coincidence Mr. I hope you have something special planned for her birthday, especially since she puts up with you year after
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    School Nurse's Day

    OldDude replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I'm so showered with affection, respect, and love at work that every day is school nurses day for
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    Jacob Rockstar-RN Psych Nurse Action Figure

    OldDude replied to Davey Do's topic in Psychiatric

    the cannoli and pricklies are
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    allnuisances

    OldDude replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    I totally agree with
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    Scarlet Fever

    OldDude replied to littleINlpn's topic in School

    Strep is omni-present any time of the school year and scarlet fever is simply a streptococcal rash so I wouldn't send out any notification. Exclusion and return to school would apply to this condition...