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Your descriptions make me smile. My son passed away at age 13 from AML, but he was exactly like that too. I am glad you have plans for him and I hope he is able to get back to his usual activities soon.
Condolences. He's planning on playing sports in college. The coach told him to come see him the first day of classes.
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Just now, Nurse SMS said:
Your descriptions make me smile. My son passed away at age 13 from AML, but he was exactly like that too. I am glad you have plans for him and I hope he is able to get back to his usual activities soon.
My ex husband was diagnosed with it too, after we were married. He could be quite condescending and intolerant, but I genuinely believe he didn't mean it the way that neuro-normal people would. He just saw things as extremely black and white. Shades of gray upset him. He needed the world to make sense. He is a respiratory therapist now and is doing very well.
I understand. My experience is purely anecdotal. However, 40+ years in healthcare with such a limited exposure suggests to me that the incidence of condescension or arrogance vs unbecoming behavior symptomatic of the same might be somewhat uncommon. I think lots of people growing up with ASD may learn better behaviors to cope with being challenged.
I wondered why your wrote about him in the past tense. I am so sorry for your loss and the world's loss. AML is a nightmare disease. Since he was probably in the hospital for long periods undergoing chemo, can I ask how things went with nursing staff? I wanted to add a stronger curriculum component on ASD, ADHD and PTSD to our nursing program but many would say "I wouldn't think you have any ASD students in nursing."No, I wanted to focus on how to care for the patient with ADHD, ASD and PTSD. Never got it into a substantial part of the curriculum besides the brief coverage in psych.
Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.
4 minutes ago, londonflo said:
I wondered why your wrote about him in the past tense. I am so sorry for your loss and the world's loss. AML is a nightmare disease. Since he was probably in the hospital for long periods undergoing chemo, can I ask how things went with nursing staff? I wanted to add a stronger curriculum component on ASD, ADHD and PTSD to our nursing program but many would say "I wouldn't think you have any ASD students in nursing."No, I wanted to focus on how to care for the patient with ADHD, ASD and PTSD. Never got it into a substantial part of the curriculum besides the brief coverage in psych.
I would be pleased to share this with you. It's pretty off topic for this forum though - how about I write an article about it and post to another thread? There was a LOT of problems with the nursing staff and the treatment in general. His Asperger's played a role in his death. He had to be intubated because he could not tolerate bipap.
Specializes in Critical care, tele, Medical-Surgical.
5 hours ago, Nurse SMS said:
Your descriptions make me smile. My son passed away at age 13 from AML, but he was exactly like that too. I am glad you have plans for him and I hope he is able to get back to his usual activities soon.
My ex husband was diagnosed with it too, after we were married. He could be quite condescending and intolerant, but I genuinely believe he didn't mean it the way that neuro-normal people would. He just saw things as extremely black and white. Shades of gray upset him. It came across as condescending because to him there just wasn't anything to debate. He knew what he knew. He needed the world to make sense. He is a respiratory therapist now and is doing very well.
We had a wonderful respiratory therapist who told us he had Asperger's the first time his preceptor introduced him to us CCU staff. He wore scrub cargo pants and often the pockets were bulging with papers and items. One new years eve he came to the just before midnight. He started to go into the room of a sleeping patient. A fellow nurse took his arm and said, 321 HAPPY NEW YEAR!
He tried to walk around her saying, "I have to do his breathing treatment." She said to him, "It won't take long and saying "Happy New Year" will make us happy. He finally looked at us and said it.
He was a wonderful therapist, excellent at explaining to patients and nurses. He moved back near his family after three years as our colleague. When nurses had to learn how to care for patients requiring mechanical ventilation I thought if him. He was an excellent teacher for his patients, nurses, and whoever was interested. In a short time he had nurses who had no critical care experience understanding ABGs. Absolutely the best teaching of ABGs in a straight forward way. When an appreciative nurse who finally "Got it" told him how good at it he was he said, "I know."
We also have an excellent surgeon who mentions her Asberger's often. She has an RN who works in her office and accompanies her to the hospital to help communicate and explain to patients and their families. She is married to a man in a creative job. No kids. I don't know her well, but her work in the OR and post-op is excellent. Even when called at 3:00 am she is lucid and polite.
She is much younger than I am and is still operating.
how about I write an article about it and post to another thread?
Please do! We need to add strategies into the curriculum that will help with caring for individuals who we have not had prior exposure to. Possibly this content is covered in pre-requisites but I really doubt it from what I have seen in the nursing care for the few patients who self-identified as ASD. I can only imagine how hard it was for a young man to understand, behave as we expect everyone to behave and communicate his frustrations to his nurses. I will forward the article to the faculty at the 4 colleges of nursing here. I feel very strongly about this issue but I think some faculty/nurses see a patient for such a short stay they don't understand how it is imperative to let the patient suggest how the room/food/sleep/rest and treatment schedule should be personalized and what to do when frustration and anxiety happen.
Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.
33 minutes ago, londonflo said:
Please do! We need to add strategies into the curriculum that will help with caring for individuals who we have not had prior exposure to. Possibly this content is covered in pre-requisites but I really doubt it from what I have seen in the nursing care for the few patients who self-identified as ASD. I can only imagine how hard it was for a young man to understand, behave as we expect everyone to behave and communicate his frustrations to his nurses. I will forward the article to the faculty at the 4 colleges of nursing here. I feel very strongly about this issue but I think some faculty/nurses see a patient for such a short stay they don't understand how it is imperative to let the patient suggest how the room/food/sleep/rest and treatment schedule should be personalized and what to do when frustration and anxiety happen.
Thank you for your kind offer.
You are amazing for recognizing these things and with such detail. I am officially impressed. Be on the lookout for it. ?
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time explained Asperger's better than any instructor could...well, maybe with an introduction from the instructor.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time explained Asperger's better than any instructor could...well, maybe with an introduction from the instructor.
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Now it makes sense to me. I was initially turned off by your behavior but the more I read your posts you're not so bad after all. My son has some of those same issues. He doesn't offend people, they think he's funny but sometimes he's dead serious. He has a hard time expressing himself and takes things literal when people are joking or trash talking but he doesn't let it bother him, he just says something in response being serious and people think it's funny like he has a sarcastic sense of humor. Now that I know better, I know not to be offended by some of the things you post.
Don't worry though, I'm brutally honest and I sometimes offend people too. I don't mean to be hateful, but that's how it comes off sometimes.
No worries. I’m nearly impossible to offend; I can be easily confounded though. Everything goes through a prism of intellectual curiosity for me. I desperately hope I can get better at social interaction though. I despise having a weak spot.
No worries. I’m nearly impossible to offend; I can be easily confounded though. Everything goes through a prism of intellectual curiosity for me. I desperately hope I can get better at social interaction though. I despise having a weak spot.
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Condolences. He's planning on playing sports in college. The coach told him to come see him the first day of classes.