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RuthI'm an engineer, artist, mom, wife, and registered nurse. I work on an inpatient psych unit and live in the Pacific NW USA with my husband and our menagerie of dog, parrots, cats, and a couple of corn snakes.

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Archive for May, 2008

Grandma’s Coffee Pot

My paternal grandma was a nurse… she died many years before I ended up following in her footsteps after my mid-life career change, but I think it would have made her proud. Grandma had long, jet-black hair that she wore in two braids wrapped around and around her head like a halo. She was big [...]

Irony

It’s evening on the psych unit. Several patients are watching the movie Titanic in the common area. Rather, they are trying to watch it, but their view is blocked by a delusional woman who is alternately twirling and dancing gaily in front of the television and then holding animated conversations with it, her face scant [...]

On Again, Off Again

The patient, newly arrived on the unit, is sitting in a chair in the middle of her room. Her hands are clenched in her hair, one on each side of her head. Her eyes are screwed shut, and she is kicking her legs and yelling at the top of her lungs. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!” I knock, then [...]

Felicity is Famous

My lovely otherdaughter Felicity is officially a published author! A story she wrote, Burgerdroid, appears in the June issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, which is now available on a newsstand near you. You can also get it in electronic format at Fictionwise. Yay, Felicity! I love it when good things happen to people who [...]

My new toy(ota)

My new toy(ota) Originally uploaded by Geek2Nurse My very first ever brand-new “just for me” vehicle.