The nurse is preparing to admit a 10-year-old child with absence seizures.What clinical features of absence seizures should the nurse recognize?
A) There is no aura.
B) There is a postictal state.
C) They usually last longer than 30 seconds.
D) There is a brief loss of consciousness.
E) There is an occasional clonic movement.

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Clinical features of absence seizures include no auras,a brief loss of consciousness,and an occasional clonic movement.There is no postictal state,and the seizures rarely last longer than 30 seconds.

The Nurse Is Preparing to Admit a 10-Year-Old Child with Absence