Autism and current approaches to nursing

In social and communication areas due to identification of life-long difficulties, autism, according to the criteria proposed by the American Psychiatric Association in 1994, pervasive developmental disorders are discussed under the main title (1). As in every case, the starting point for a child with autism and his family from the moment of birth is the development stage of each child's place and role of the nurse can not be ignored. The nurses, in every period of life, authenticating of health risks and making plans for improving health, enhance the development of personal growth and health of individuals and societies (2). For this reason, a child with autism and their families should be planned approaches to current nursing. Autism and pervasive developmental disorders are complex disorders (3). Navigating the deterioration in multiple fields and to deal with these disorders with certain forms could be difficult and misleading. Because generally other disorders may associated with autism (4, 5, 6). For this reason, a wide perspective of nursing approaches determining may have to be multi-dimensional planning. Nursing on the basis of assessment, the child's communication, social, sensory, behavioral skills and the strategies for adaptation should succeed (7). For this reason, in this study aimed to provide information on autism current nursing approaches.