LindaGracie BSN

geriatric, home health

A nurse with autism spectrum disorder advocating for nurses and others with disabilities.

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About LindaGracie

LindaGracie has 11 years experience as a BSN and specializes in geriatric, home health.

I was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder level 1 without accompanying intellectual impairment and without accompanying language impairment. I have learned that people with autism often have a wide range of abilities compared to neurotypicals. I'm no acception. My abilities range from below average (working memory & processing speed) to very high (fluid reasoning used in problem solving, insight and abstract thinking). This leads to some interesting scenarios.

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    NP School in Late 60s

    LindaGracie replied to feelix's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I totally agree. I was the oldest student to graduate in my nursing class. I graduated with an associate's degree at age 53 in 2015 and got my BSN in 2019. I had retired from the state government in...
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    Autistic nurse

    LindaGracie replied to LindaGracie's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hi Journey-On, Thank you for sharing. Do you struggle with a slow processing speed and working memory issues? I think these 2 areas are my biggest issues that interfere with my job performance...
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    Autistic nurse

    LindaGracie posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I have recently learned that I have autism spectrum disorder level 1 without accompanying intellectual impairment and without accompanying language impairment. I wasn't too knowledgeable about "high...
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    Any nurses with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder)?

    LindaGracie replied to newenglandcna's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Yes, you can become a nurse. It may not be easy at times but you can do it. I definitely would recommend you to know your strength and weaknesses. If you are tenderhearted (have a hard time accepting...
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    Hospital Patient Care

    LindaGracie replied to WhirlyGirlNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think part of the quality of care depends on the nurse and aide as well as the rest of the care team. However the management (the floor and upper management) plays a major role. I had open heart...
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    Nursing Shortage

    LindaGracie posted a topic in General Nursing

    What type of nurse and person are you? Do you encourage your coworkers and other people in your life? Are you critical of nurses who are not as knowledgeable and competent in their skills as you? Are...
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    Ageism in Nursing Employment

    LindaGracie replied to Jmd623's topic in General Nursing

    If you were in South Carolina in my area, we would definitely hire you for our home care and home health agency. We find baby boomers are the best employees. They are loyal, hard workers, dependable...
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    Can a second degree student apply for a Traditional BSN?

    LindaGracie replied to Helen Lee's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    From my understanding the accelerated BSN is for associate degree RNs to get their BSN. I did this. All the courses are nursing courses in the RN-BSN program. In the traditional BSN program, you...
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    Deathly Afraid of Critique/Getting in Trouble

    LindaGracie replied to Lynker's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so glad you are finishing up your training and will be working as a supervisor next week. I'm learning about mindfulness through a free program offered by my insurance BCBS. I just started the...
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    Deathly Afraid of Critique/Getting in Trouble

    LindaGracie replied to Lynker's topic in General Nursing

    I'm there with you with the same problems and diagnosis. I had several health issues in 2022 starting with aortic valve replacement surgery, small bowel obstruction a few months later, and then...
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    Fired. How To Get Over It.

    LindaGracie replied to rninformatics's topic in Nursing Career

    It's so sad that there are so many people in management who do such immature things to just find a petty reason to fire someone just because they don't like them or have a personality conflict. That...
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    Fired. How To Get Over It.

    LindaGracie replied to rninformatics's topic in Nursing Career

    Thanks for sharing. I have found that there is a lot of inconsistency in what actually happens in healthcare as well as a lot of short cuts. However when it's time for inspection management demands...
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    Nurse Incivilities: Does it Start in Academia?

    LindaGracie replied to jknaack's topic in General Nursing

    I am glad you didn't go to that graduate school. That leader is a very irresponsible example and poorly representing that school. Either she has major issues, or the entire school is poorly managed....
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    Let's share some nursing tips

    LindaGracie posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking the other night that we need to share techniques and tricks we have learned to complete nursing tasks more efficiently and effectively. I know I am not the only nurse who seems to...
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    Patient Died in ER lobby

    LindaGracie replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    Many years ago before I even went to nursing school, my mother-in-law was sitting in the waiting room for migraine type symptoms. There was a gentleman there who had chest pains and N&V and had...