| The head nurse was nearing retirement, she had seen just about everything come through the hospital's labor and delivery unit and always remained calm and unruffled. An eighteen-year-old in labor was having a lot of pain, writhing on the bed, fighting her contractions, swearing, and refusing to consider epidural analgesia. Streams of obscenities erupted from her room and the girl yelled... FUCK... FUCK... right into the nurse's face. With absolute calm, the nurse patted the girl's arm and said, "You've already done that part. Now it's time to have the baby." |