Alright, so fantasy football season rolled around again. I’m in a league, mostly with folks from work or friends who know I’m a nurse. Last year my team name was just plain boring, something like “Dave’s Destroyers”. Totally forgettable. This time, I thought, why not make it a bit more… me? Something that nods to the nursing grind, you know? So, I decided to brainstorm some nursing fantasy football names.
First thing I did was just sit down with a notepad – okay, fine, it was the notes app on my phone – during a quieter moment. I started jotting down any nursing word that popped into my head. Literally anything.
- Scrubs
- Stethoscope
- IV
- STAT
- Code Blue
- Vitals
- Charting
- Night Shift
- Bedpan (yeah, I went there)
- Pulse
- RN
- Syringe
- Gauze
- PRN
Just a big jumble of words related to the job. Some serious, some kinda gross, some just everyday stuff.
Mixing it Up with Football
Next step, I needed the football part. I thought about common fantasy things or just general football terms. Stuff like:
- Touchdown
- Blitz
- Sack
- QB
- Running Back (or RB)
- End Zone
- Fantasy
- League
- Players (like specific names for puns)
- Tackles
- Yards
Got a decent list for both sides. Now came the fun part, trying to smash ’em together. I just started pairing things up, seeing what sounded catchy or funny.
This took a little while. Some early attempts were just bad. Like, “Stethoscope Strikers”? Nah. “Charting Champions”? Bit dull. But then I started hitting a few that made me chuckle.
Finding the Good Ones
I started playing with puns and rhymes more. Here’s kind of what my messy list looked like as I was combining:
- Code Blue Blitz
- The IV League (kinda common, but still solid)
- Scrubbing the Bench Warmers
- STAT Tackles
- Night Shift Niners (or Night Shift Nurses)
- Vital Signs & Touchdowns
- Running Back Registered Nurse (RB RN – maybe too clunky?)
- Bedpan Bandits (a bit silly)
- Gauze Guard
- PRN Points
- Syringe Seekers
- Pulse Pounders
- Mahomesostasis (if you got a Chiefs fan nurse)
- The Triage Tacklers
I looked over the list. Some felt stronger than others. Code Blue Blitz had a nice ring to it, kinda intense. STAT Tackles was simple and direct. Night Shift Niners felt like a real team name. Vital Signs & Touchdowns clearly combined both worlds.
I crossed out the ones that were too weird or just didn’t land right. “Bedpan Bandits” was funny for a second but maybe not something I wanted as my team name all season. “Mahomesostasis” was clever but maybe too specific if I didn’t even have Mahomes.
In the end, I shortlisted about three or four. I actually threw a couple out to a coworker during break, just said ’em out loud to see how they sounded. Got a laugh or two, which is always a good sign.
So yeah, that was pretty much my process. Started with the basic ideas from nursing, mixed in some football lingo, played around until something stuck. It wasn’t rocket science, just a fun way to spend a bit of downtime and come up with something more creative than my usual boring team name. Makes checking my fantasy scores just a little bit more amusing when I see “Code Blue Blitz” at the top (hopefully!).
