The singing (well, playing) nurse

“I’m shakin’ in my boots and I’m breaking out in hives just thinking about it,” Sharon told me in an email.

Now, Sharon’s a neonatal nurse who for years has cared for life’s most vulnerable patients, premature and sick babies. For Sharon, a clear head and dealing in a matter-of-fact way with disaster is a way of life. She’s calmly managed resuscitations and codes, crisis after crisis, with a smile.

Shove her in front of a microphone and her boots start shaking. She says.

But she’s doing it anyway. Sharon’s also lead guitarist in NurseBand, a quartet of Neonatal Care Unit nurses who find music a great way to relax. This morning they’re singing a song they wrote about health insurance and the current political turmoil. They’re at Pioneer Square in downtown Portland, part of the Mad as Hell Doctors rally, and this is the song. Her friend Nurse Jo is doing the vocals; that’s Sharon’s guitar you hear as well as some of the harmonizing. Lisa wrote the lyrics based on a “Weepie” song, whatever that is, and Anita is keeping the beat.

Give it a listen (click the link below). Proud of you, sweetie; you guys sound great!

No False Promise

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