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.
Back to School. Again.
Only 107 days to go until graduation… I’ve almost made it into the double digits! Have I mentioned that I’ve been dreading this term a little bit? That’s because through past terms I’ve watched some political struggles between faculty factions being played out with the seniors as their pawns, and I hate political games, and [...]
Posted: August 31st, 2007 under My Life.
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Night Shift
Night Shift
Originally uploaded by LadyLong.
These are some of my co-workers at the hospital. Scott (left) is an RN. He’s about 6′4″ and comes in handy for intimidating problem patients. Jenni is my compadre, another CNA (certified nursing assistant) in nursing school, so during the school term we are always the weekend CNAs. David (right) [...]
Posted: August 10th, 2006 under My Life, Nursing.
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Pert’ Near
Doing admit vitals on a new patient one night, an elderly man with twinkling eyes, long hair, and a Santa Claus beard, I asked him how tall he was. “Pert’ near tall as you are,” he replied, looking up at me from where he lay on the hospital bed. “I’m six two,” I said. “Is [...]
Posted: February 5th, 2006 under Parallel Universes.
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