I'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.
Archive for September, 2008
Yet Another Personality Test
I love this stuff. This one seemed to peg me pretty well, actually. The link to the site where you can take the test is down there at the bottom.
NBPC – The Daydreamer
Nature, Background, Big Picture, and Color
You perceive the world with particular attention to nature. You focus on the hidden treasures [...]
Posted: September 25th, 2008 under My Life.
Comments: 3
Bureaucracy is Hurricane-Proof
My parents live in a rural area of Texas to the north of Houston, an area hard-hit by the fallout of Ike but not in spectacular and showy ways that rate media or government attention.
Residents of several neighboring towns are without power because the company that supplied them with service was wiped out by the [...]
Posted: September 16th, 2008 under Indignancies.
Comments: 3
The Nursing School Experience
Bravo to Phil Baumann, RN, for his blog post, An Open Letter to Some Nursing Education Faculty. To his list, I would also like to add “Appreciate your students’ previous knowledge and life experience.”
As someone who attended nursing school after a successful career in the tech industry, it was disconcerting to be expected to [...]
Posted: September 6th, 2008 under Indignancies, My Life, Nursing.
Comments: 9