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Archive > September, 2011 Vol. XII, No. 9

Behind Closed Doors

You's Better Watch Out

Paula Watkins, RN, CNOR

You know you're in for a rough time at work when your manager returns from San Francisco and keeps talking about her tour of Alcatraz. She says she was impressed by the sound effects on the audio tour, particularly the slamming cell doors. What was it like hearing that day after day, she asks? I didn't tell her that it probably sounded a lot like the doors that lead into the surgical department and the OR suites.

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