We Be Jammin! The Playlist for Nurse Practitioners
What’s on your playlist this summer? Living in the south, I always revert back to my old country faves for the summer. Heat and humidity, grilling at the lake, catching fireflies, and Garth Brooks go together perfectly. My workout playlist kicks it up a notch- there’s nothing like Eminem to motivate me for that one last push-up. And when it comes to music at work? I’m still searching for the perfect pairing.
So, I thought I might start my quest for the ideal emergency department mix with some songs about nurses.
1. Night Nurse
The Artist: Gregory Isaacs
The Nursing Lyrics: “Night nurse, only you can quench this here thirst, my night nurse, oh gosh, the pain is getting worse, I don’t wanna see no doc, I need attendance from my nurse around the clock, for there’s no prescription for me, she is the one, the only remedy”
2. The Nurse Who Loved Me
The Artist: A Perfect Circle
The Nursing Lyrics: “I’m taking her home with me all dressed in white, she’s got everything I need some pills in a cup, she’s falling hard for me I can see it in her eyes, she acts like a nurse with all the other guys”
3. I Wanna Be Sedated
The Artist: The Ramones
The Nursing Lyrics: “Hurry, hurry, hurry, before I go insane, I can’t control my fingers I can’t control my brain, Oh no no no no no, twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated”
4. Waiting Room
The Artist: Fugazi
The Nursing Lyrics: “I am a patient boy, I wait I wait I wait I wait, my time is like water down a drain, everybody’s moving, everybody’s moving, please don’t let me remain, in the waiting room”
5. Dr. Robert
The Artist: The Beatles
The Nursing Lyrics: “Ring my friend, I said you call Doctor Robert, day or night he’ll be there anytime at all, Doctor Robert, Doctor Robert you’re a new and better man, he helps you understand, he does everything he can, Doctor Robert”
6. Bad Medicine
The Artist: Bon Jovi
The Nursing Lyrics: “I don’t need no needle to be giving me a thrill, and I don’t need anesthesia or a nurse o bring a pill, I got a dirty down addiction, it doesn’t leave a track, I got a jones for your affection, like a monkey on my back, there ain’t no paramedic gonna save me from this heart attack”
7. Doctors Orders
The Artist: Carol Douglas
The Nursing Lyrics: “Hello, hiya honey, it’s me I want to see the doctor today, ‘cos ever since you’ve been gone I’ve had a pain down deep inside, he said there’s nothing really wrong with me, I’m just missing my man, so honey, please, come home as soon as you can”
8. Hospital
The Artist: Counting Crows
The Nursing Lyrics: “Hospital bound, so you know there will be treatment, hey alright, in a hospital room tonight, hospital gowns, so you know you should be sleepin’, wide awake, there’s some pills that I shouldn’t take”
9. Girl You Have No Faith in Medicine
The Artist: White Stripes
The Nursing Lyrics: “Girl, you have no faith in medicine, acetaminophen, you see the medicine, girl, you have no faith in medicine, is there a way to find a cure for this, implanted in a pill? Is it just the name upon the bottle that determines if it will?”
What’s on your NP playlist?
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