Songs to play in the Waiting Room

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So yesterday some of us were joking around about what songs we wish we could just play over and over again in the waiting room.

Top one for us: "You can't always get what you want" by the Stones. Not all the verses are applicable, but the corus sure sounds good!

"You can't always get what you want / You can't always get what you want / You can't always get what you want / But if you try sometimes you just might find / You just might find / You get what you need"

What song(s) would you like to have played in your waiting rooms?

"The Rhythm is gonna get you..." by Gloria Estefan... always inspiring for codes or new onset a-fib, etc.

Specializes in Public Health, DEI.

Nobody Told Me...

Nobody told me there'd be days like these

Nobody told me there'd be days like these

Nobody told me there'd be days like these

Strange days, indeed!

Most peculiar, Mama...

Specializes in Flight, ER, Transport, ICU/Critical Care.

"Should I Stay or Should I GO?" The Clash.

"The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" Donna Fargo

"Breakdown" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

"Crazy Train" Ozzy

"I Won't Back Down" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Oh well, I'm sure I'll think of others.....

Practice SAFE!

;)

Specializes in cardiology.
"Should I Stay or Should I GO?" The Clash.

Practice SAFE!

;)

I agree with this one .... especially for the folks who go to one ER, sit and wait, get ticked off, then come to our ER!!

Specializes in ED-CEN/PACU/Flight.

Sometimes, when it gets to the point I feel as though I need to either cry or start giggling uncontrollably, I sometimes hum, "She Works Hard for the Money" - the version as performed by Hank Azaria in the movie, The Birdcage.

Specializes in general surgery/ER/PACU.

For the drunks and overdoses....

"Rehab" by Amy Winehouse

But change it to....."I wish you would have went to rehab but you said NO NO NO!!!!

:lol2:

This song more for the triage nurse dealing with all the patients having a long wait..... Johnny Paycheck's "Take this Job and Shove it!" What nurse has not ever secretly wished they could say that? When the lobby filled up and waits got bad, we had a nurse that used to start to sing the old movie intermission song....Lets all go to the lobby, Lets all go to the lobby... I always got the mental image of the hot dog doing flips and the food dancing.

Toq

Specializes in Trauma Administration/Level I Trauma.

Queen - Another One Bites the Dust... :D

Specializes in er,cvicu,icu.

How about "I want to be Sedated" by the Ramones?

Specializes in Public Health, DEI.

Or "I Want a New Drug" by Huey Lewis & The News?

For all the patients that continually cough - "Don't Stand So Close to Me" by the Police

Specializes in ER!.

"Here's a Quarter, Call Someone Who Cares" Travis Tritt, for the whiny complainers of a superficial rash they've had for 6 weeks.

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