Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Nurse Music
I'm sorry I've been so delinquent with this page. I've been obsessing over my i-pod and i-Tunes. In fact, I must write about music if I write about anything right now.
Since this blog is supposedly dedicated to my career as a nurse and my skateboarding hobbies (thus the URL sk8 RN), I've decided to post about nurse-related songs. You know, there just aren't very many that I've come across. But let me share some words about two that I know of. If you know of any others, please pass them on...
Son of Sam by Elliott Smith (one of my favorite songs at the moment) has a line: "a doctor's touch, a nurse's love..." I have to say, I'm not sure how I feel about that line. In my line of work, in particular, I do a lot more touching of my patients than the doctors do. Why do they get credit for the touching? Anyway... I still love that song and am tickled that the nursing profession is at least mentioned in there.
Then there is "The Nurse Who Loved Me" by A Perfect Circle.
"All dressed in white. She's got everything I need: pharmacy keys. She's falling hard for me. I can see it in her eyes. She acts just like a nurse with all the other guys...
"All dressed in white. She's got everything I need: some pills in a little cup. She's falling hard for me. I can see it in her eyes. She acts just like a nurse with all the other guys."
I could argue just as much with the lines of this song. I don't wear all white. Nurses rarely wear white anymore. And keys? Well, we're a little more high tech these days - requiring fingerprint identification to access medications and such. But yeah, I hand out a lot off pills in little white paper cups.
That said, I totally love this song, too.
I wonder how many professions are represented in music. Hmmm...
Since this blog is supposedly dedicated to my career as a nurse and my skateboarding hobbies (thus the URL sk8 RN), I've decided to post about nurse-related songs. You know, there just aren't very many that I've come across. But let me share some words about two that I know of. If you know of any others, please pass them on...
Son of Sam by Elliott Smith (one of my favorite songs at the moment) has a line: "a doctor's touch, a nurse's love..." I have to say, I'm not sure how I feel about that line. In my line of work, in particular, I do a lot more touching of my patients than the doctors do. Why do they get credit for the touching? Anyway... I still love that song and am tickled that the nursing profession is at least mentioned in there.
Then there is "The Nurse Who Loved Me" by A Perfect Circle.
"All dressed in white. She's got everything I need: pharmacy keys. She's falling hard for me. I can see it in her eyes. She acts just like a nurse with all the other guys...
"All dressed in white. She's got everything I need: some pills in a little cup. She's falling hard for me. I can see it in her eyes. She acts just like a nurse with all the other guys."
I could argue just as much with the lines of this song. I don't wear all white. Nurses rarely wear white anymore. And keys? Well, we're a little more high tech these days - requiring fingerprint identification to access medications and such. But yeah, I hand out a lot off pills in little white paper cups.
That said, I totally love this song, too.
I wonder how many professions are represented in music. Hmmm...
Comments:
I'm sick of the idea of doctors as holier than thou, as well as the implicit sexism involved. I so frequently see that at work. For instance today, I called for someone to fix my computer (I am on a computer like all day), and the operator said, "I don't know when we'll have time to do this. A few doctors called in about their computers."
if you ever hear of a song about a woman who takes brain injured folks on holidays, please let me know :D
implicit sexism
When someone says "doctor" I first picture an attractive woman about forty-five with competent hands and very deep eyes. Must be something weird about me.
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When someone says "doctor" I first picture an attractive woman about forty-five with competent hands and very deep eyes. Must be something weird about me.
