Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

[grace90]

Every so often I'll hear lyrics on songs on the radio that remind me of nursing... Here's a couple of examples I've heard on the radio recently, unfortunately I can't remember who sings either of 'em...:monkeydance:

"I am barely breathing, and I can't find the air..."

"I have become, comfortably numb..."

Anyone got any more?

[MIA-RN1, RN]

"Boogie Fever" Don't remember who sang it.

I have no idea why, but every single freaking time I am at work, at some point I get the song "yellow submarine" stuck in my head.

[navynurse06]

Okay, more heavy than funny, but My Chemical Romance's "Welcome to the Black Parade"

"Son when

You grow up,

Would you be

The saviour of the broken,

The beaten and the damned?"

Sounds like nursing to me!

OldPhatMC sends...

I totally agree with you on this one...Also MCR's "Cancer". Its very sad but reminds me of the some of the pts that I took care of at the VA

[CRNI-ICU20]

how about...."Stayin' alive...stayin' alive" by the BeeGees???

[Nur_1996]

Forgeiner- " I'm Hot blooded, check it and see, got a fever of 103"

[NurseRotten]

:monkeydance: I am the unit DJ. I choose all the music that we listen to at night and I have been compiling a list of nursing related songs. So far I have a few and I need more suggestions. (My iPod is 30 gigs so help me out).

Some that I already have:

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

This song reminds me of a neurotrauma patient. "Hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me..."

Banana Boat Song - Harry Bellafonte

"Daylight come and we wanna go home."

One - Metallica

Bring Me to Life - Evanescence

"Wake me up inside... save me from the nothing I've become"

Rock and Roll All Nite - KISS

Only for the night shift

Dr. Feelgood - Montley Crue

RESPECT - Aretha Franklin

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

hehehe... I know, it's not really that funny, but it's horribly wicked

Hotel California - Eagles

Because sometimes I feel more like concierge than a nurse.

Let's Get it On -

When we are getting ready to intubate.

Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who

For those patients that like to play games... Yeah, the nurse can't tell that you are drug seeking.

Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones

For when you wish you could be the devil

Walk this Way - Aerosmith

For my friends in PT that like to tell the patients how to "walk this way"

Dream On - Aerosmith

Self-explanatory, do you think?

Every Breath You Take - Police

For the Respiratory Therapist in your life!

Freebird - Lynard Skynyrd

For the patient threatening to go AMA

That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly

What we would like to answer to our most pleasant patients.

Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

For the hot, young chick that needs an enema... gotta love the one brown eye!

Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis

Scrotal abscess!

Twist and Shout - Beatles

For a closed reduction at the bedside.

Crazy - Patsy Cline

Needs no explaination

Hard Days Night - Beatles

Another one just for night shift.

Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye

From time to time we find a patient with a rather frisky visitor.

You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC

In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett

My Name Is - Eminem

For the ETOH intoxicated, detoxing pt.

Super Freak - Rick James, b*tch

For the Gavida 4 para 3, age 21 female patient.

I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross

For the occassional drag queen that makes his way to the ER.

Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Lep

I know it's a lame song, but for severe hypoglycemia it fits.

In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins

For those f-ed up nights when nothing goes right and all the psych pts come in.

Head Like a Hole - Nine Inch Nails

What a song for nurses... "head like a hole, black as your soul, I'd rather die than give you control." That pretty much sums up ICU nurses.

Hot in Here - Nelly

For that patient that loves to roam the halls with too little clothes on.

Since You Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson

We have this one really bad pulmonologist. The kind you cringe when you have to call him of orders. I always joke that this is his pts singing. "Since you been gone, I can breathe for the first time."

Welcome to the Jungle - Guns and Roses

Need I say more?

Sabotage - Beastie Boys

When you get a really sh1tty group of patients.

Creep - Radiohead

humm, Have you ever had this patient?

"I'm a creep. I'm a weirdo. What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here."

Or maybe that's the voice in your own head?

Toxic - Britney

I love calling poison control.

How I Could Just Kill a Man - Cypress Hill

Tempting....

Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J

Sometimes you gotta make mama happy. Cause if mama ain't happy ain't nobody happy!

A Change Would Do You Good - Sheryl Crow

When you look down at the bandage that you just learned 10 min ago in report was clean, dry, and intact but somehow it's suddenly saturated with dry blood.

My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) - En Vogue

Diladid... no you're never gonna get it, not this time. For the new admit that casually insists, "The only pain med that works for me is 4 mg of Dilaudid" when she comes in for left toe cellulitis.

You Outta Know - Alanis Morrissette

I'm here to remind you of the mess you left when you went away. For the annoying frequent flyer.

Hard Knock Life - Jay-Z

For the patient with babymomma drama at the house, trying to stay straight, but the world is just on his back. (sigh) so sad.

Bye Bye Bye - Backstreet Boys

To celebrate when that demanding patient finally gets D/C orders!

Breathe - Faith Hill

The L&D Nurse's anthem.

U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer

Because every once in a while there comes that demented old fart with the wandering hands.

Hips Don't Lie - Shakira (spelling?)

S/P ORIF of the hip.

Fast Car - Tracy Chapman

For the MVA.

We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off - Jermaine Stewart

hehehe I dunno.

I Wanna Be Sedated - the Ramones

Any suggestions? I have more, but I am supposed to be working!

[malamarn06]

Night nurse - gregory issacs

Never again - nickelback:balloons:

[Kyrshamarks, BSN, RN]

Heuy Lewis...I want a new drug

[locolorenzo22, BSN, RN]

Korn- Freak on a Leash...for the detox in restraints.

Green day- Basket case

Eight days a week- for the nights when there's just not enough time to do everything.

The Fray- how to save a life

Fuel- Hemorrage(in my hands)

I want to Hold your hand- for the confused patient that handholding seems to be the only thing that works.

In da Club- When you just want to chart and bob your head along.

It's the end of the world- Ramones...cause some nights everything's going crazy.

Metallica- Enter sandman...which is what you wish would happen with some patients....

Ramones- I wanna be sedated

Show me how to live

Beatles- Help!

Guns and roses- Welcome to the Jungle

You shook me all night long..

Just a few on my own Ipod (which I wish I could put on at work.....lol)

[Kyrshamarks, BSN, RN]

Bill Groh....My Nurse (has been abducted by aliens)

Kill Bill....the Nurses whistle

Alice cooper...Nurse Rosetta

Lee Harding...Call the Nurse

[NurseRotten]

I also have The Nurse Who Loved Me - A Perfect Circle.

And I absolutely refuse to put "How to Save a Life" on my iPod. I hate that song!

[NurseRotten]

Call me by Blondie....

Call me on the line you can call me call me anytime call me

Some patients take it seriously.

[Cherish]

Nickleback- If Everyone Cared

Audioslave- I am the Highway, Be yourself

Avril Lavigne- Girlfriend

Metallica- Hero of the Day

Bob Marley- Could You Be Loved, Is This Love, Stir it Up, Exodus, Three Little Birds (my mom used to sing this one when I was young, great for Peds), No More Trouble w/ Erykah Badu

Hinder- Better than Me, Lips of an Angel

Iggy Pop- Lust for Life, Real Wild Child

Queen- Absolutely anything from them!!!

Aerosmith- Sweet Emotion, Last Child

The Supremes- You Keep Me Hangin On, I'm Coming Out, Never Can Say Goodbye

Amy Winehouse (I :redbeathe her voice)- You Know I'm No Good, Just Friends, Tears Dry On Their Own, Rehab, Me and Mr. Jones

Ciara- Like a Boy

The Killers- Read my Mind, Somebody Told Me, All these Things that I've Done (LOVE this song!), Smile Like You Mean It (love this song too)

Corinne Bailey Rae- Like a Star, Put your Records On

Sade- Sweetest Taboo, By Your Side, Cherish The Day

Amel Larrieux- Say You Want It All

David Bowie- Under Pressure, Rebel Rebel

The Clash- Rock the Casbah, Should I Stay or Should I Go?, Train in Vain, I Fought the Law