Thursday, October 31, 2013

Confessions of a Nurse - Knock, Knock

Who's There?

One thing nurses are taught to do is to knock. We knock a lot. All day long we are in and out of rooms with patients in them and we are to knock before entering. So, I knock and I knock and I knock...all day long.

Not too long ago I knocked before entering a room. It is just automatic for me. The weird thing was, I was at home and the room was our bedroom. Mike was inside. He just looked up at me as I entered and said, "Well, that's new."

This week I over-knocked yet again. I was in PACU (Post-Anesthesia Care Unit...formerly known as a recovery room) and as I was going from that unit out to the hallway, I knocked. No one answered. I'm not sure who, if anybody, saw me knocking before entering the hallway, but I burst out laughing at myself. I thought it might tickle you as well. 

If I made you smile, my mission is complete.


5 comments:

Michelle said...

Thanks for the chuckle!

Mom said...

Mission accomplished. I'm still sitting here with a silly smile on my face.

Maria Rose said...

Ha ha!

Happy Elf Mom (Christine) said...

It's when you answer your own knocks that you've totally lost it. :)

Anne Marie said...

There has to be a knock knock joke in there somewhere... :o)

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