Because we care

I love games. One of my new favorites is called 'rap battle' (I'm not really sure if that's the proper term, but it's the only name I know) In this game, you have two teams lined up across from each other. The two people at the front of each line are the rappers. Everybody agrees on a word (we'll use cat as our example) and then the game starts. The rappers take turns making up a short rap that rhymes with the chosen word but leaves the last word blank. (I wear it on my head and it's called a ______) Your team has to shout out the correct word. Then everybody chants "doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap" (This gives the opponent a little time to think) Then the opponent has to come up with another rhyme (In baseball I hit and swing my _____). This goes back and forth until one person messes up. Then the rappers go to the back of the line and two new people pick a new word. It causes a lot of anxiety, but it really fun.

I told you all that because I decided just now that I'm going to have a single-person rap battle with myself about nursing. I have yet to come up with any rhymes, so it's possible that I'll delete this entire post, but since I typed out how to play that game, I feel like I'm committed now. I'm the rapper and you're all on my team. Some of these might get creative, so please give me some slack.

Here we go. Ready? Also.... some rhymes might be a little more on the borderline inappropriate side. But hey, it's nursing.

The first word is CARE.

A doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
I transport a patient in a wheel______

doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
When a person gets chemo they can lose their _____

doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
Don't have special socks? I'll get you a ____

doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
Before you go to surgery, we'll say a _____

doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
Sometimes snooty doctors make me want to _____

doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
I'm donating blood cause I've got lots to _____

doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
Color coded scrubs are what the nurses _____

doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
We'll do anything for you, because we _____

Ok. Time to change words. Themed rhymes are very difficult.

The word is PAIN

A doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
I'm going to stick this needle into your _____

doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
If you twisted your ankle, you might have a _____

doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
If you eat a lot, you'll have weight ____

doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
You are crazy. There's something wrong in your _____

doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
You can use a walker, or a _____

doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
Sometimes nurses think they'll be driven ____ (two syllables)

doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
If you poop on my scrubs, I'll have to wash out the _____

doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
If you want to quit smoking, you'll have to _____ (this is a tricky one)

doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
I know you're in pain, cause I can hear you ____ (two syllables)

doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
If you'll pull out your IV, we'll use mittens to _____ (two syllables)

Ok. That was getting too hard for you. Obviously. I could have kept going.....

Last one. The word is MAN

A doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
If you're really hot, I'll get you a _____

doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
If you bumped your head, we'll send you for a CT ____

doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
If you need a wheelchair, you'll drive a bigger _____ (sorry, bad clue)

doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
From your birth to your death is called your life_____

doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
Don't want surgery? Got a better ____?

doo rap rap rap a doo rap rap!
Gotta go? Can't move? Here's a _____ ( two syllables)

That's all folks. Hope that kept you mildly entertained. You know what would be fun? Is if you commented and left your answers. I could offer a buck or something to whoever gets them all right. Ha. Sure. I'll give you a buck.

-C-