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 F*** 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.”