Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Songs for Veterinary Staff


Like many people, I love music.  And I like to use music to define how I am feeling.  I also incorporate music into my work.  I like to sing when I am feeling happy, stressed, sad, etc. I especially enjoy singing to patients when I want to comfort them.  This usually happened on the overnight shift, after surgery, or when a patient was being fractious.  Here are my favorites, and those of the people I have worked with.

1. Ramones - I wanna Be Sedated - For huskies...oh, god, huskies.....and seizure patients.  Oh, and this one very huge English Mastiff that
2. Survivor - Eye of the Tiger - sang this to any coworker that was having a difficult time with a client, patient, or doctor.
3. Dr Sheldon Cooper - Soft Kitty - when petting feline patients until they fall asleep
4. Peter Wolf - Lights Out - every time Dr Dre would prepare for an endoscopy.  She's a card.
5. John Denver - Sunshine (on my shoulder) - when I was feeling in the mood to snuggle a critter that was feeling particularly bad.  Like a feline hepatic lipidosis case. (also, a
coworker would sing this but replace 'shoulder' with 'catheter' when she gave Acepromazine IV)
6. Mary Poppins - Spoonful of Sugar - when giving pets medications, especially bitter stuff.
7. Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River - when a patient was being just the biggest douche and I got done what needed to be done....
8. Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings - just because it has a soothing and uplifting melody
9. Edwin Starr - War - except I would sing, 'Ace!  Huh! Good god y'all!  What is it good for?  Absolutely everything....say it again now!'
10. Hush Little Baby - for those little dogs and cats that are just so upset that they need a little soothing.  More than one critter fell asleep to this song, including my children.
11. LL Cool J - Mamma Said Knock You Out - a coworker sings this when she is inducing anesthesia to her surgical patients.
12. Barry Manilow - Copacabana - when a patient's name is Lola.....and there are WAY TOO MANY FUCKING LOLAS.  We all now know that she was a showgirl with yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to THERE.
**side note, if a patient has a name from a song, someone was always singing that song.  And there are many songs with Lola in them, but they aren't as catchy as Copacabana**
13. Rebecca Black - Friday - my coworkers told me they sing this sometimes, and I can see why....
I also have a dental assistant friend who sings 'Fillings....nothing more than fillings....' what a silly girl.  :)

What do you sing in your clinic?

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