Classic Nurse Humor: Excruciating

Mabel came into our ICU following surgery for a broken hip and immediately announced, “I’m not going to make it through the night!”

Every fifteen minutes or so, all through the night, Mabel put on her call light to ask, “Am I dead yet?”

While I was trying to get my charting done, Mabel’s light came on one more time. I hollered out, “No, Mabel, you’re not dead yet!” Then I saw a visitor scurrying away, looking horrified.

Later in the evening, another patient passed away. As the funeral director pushed his gurney past Mabel’s room, I heard her yell, “In here! In here!”

After the deceased had been taken from the unit, Mabel’s light came on one more time. In a quivering voice she asked, “Does it hurt to be embalmed?”