I just had ACL knee surgery. My surgeon was very cool and seemed confident that everything went well. However, the nursing corps at the hospital the one night I stayed were interesting. The first nurse knew less about my care than I did. Anytime the patient has to make suggestions on what should occur you might wonder how many people these nurses have killed. Strict orders were provided that I should not get out of bed without my leg brace on. I was in a cloudy narcotic state and I swung my leg off the bed to use the bathroom. The nurse told my wife I would be ok and my wife stopped me and advised the nurse of the doctor’s orders. All I knew was that I was going to urinate all over myself if I did not get to the bathroom messed up leg, drugs, pain, whatever. I had to go!!! My wife kept them on course politely informing the nurse what the doctor said etc. To the nurse’s credit, she did not hold on to her ignorance long. She took the advice and adjusted the care accordingly. It was 3 am when I requested some percocet to numb the knife edge pain shooting into my spine from my surgery. The nurse comes in and asks, “Do you need something?” There were many answers to this question. Here are a few:1. underwear2. some water.3. urinal.4. pain medicine5. attention.I went with pain  medicine. Interestingly enough, I asked for meds at 3 and should have received them every four hours. The medicine kicked in She comes in and asks “Do you need something?” Well here we go again. A physical therapist comes in and asks if I am ready to get moving. I said sure but my leg is killing me. The PT said, well you should have received your pain meds. When did you get them last? I said 3 am. She said, “That can’t be right!. you probably don’t remember. let me check the computer. Oops. You have not had your meds.” Now I am not medicinal, scientific or a Nasa engineer but I can confidently say that the word “Oops” should not be used in a hospital. There is a not a context where that word should be used in a medicinal setting. Can’t  you see the doctor talking to the family of some poor schlub and they ask him, “Doctor why did you take my Dad’s good leg?” and the Doctor says “Oops” or something like this, I forgot to give you your meds after they drilled a hole in your leg and scraped you knee clean. Oops.AH