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A light-hearted, fun podcast hosted by a registered nurse and special guests who take turns telling you two medical-related stories...one dark and mysterious ... one uplifting and inspirational. They also discuss current events and hot topics related to nursing and the medical field.
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Saturday Dec 04, 2021
Good Sojourner Truth Nurse Bad Cindy James Nurse - From The Archives
Saturday Dec 04, 2021
Saturday Dec 04, 2021
This week we are bringing you one of the very first episodes of Good Nurse Bad Nurse that isn't available to the general public. Tina and Christina tell you about Cindy James, one of the most fascinating and perplexing true crime stories that happened decades ago but that people are still debating about to this day. They close the show discussing Sojourner Truth, who on top of everything else she managed to do, was also a nurse!
Please support our show by supporting our sponsors!
Thank you to the American Nurses Credentialing Center for sponsoring our podcast. If you are thinking about getting certified in your nursing specialty, please go to https://pages.nursingworld.org/gnbn for more information!
Thank you to Trusted Health for sponsoring this episode. Please go to https://www.trustedhealth.com/gnbn and fill out a profile to help support our podcast and see what opportunities are out there for you!
Thank you to our new sponsor Samuel Merritt University. If you’re interested in getting more information on their MSN and DNP programs and scholarships visit them at https://smumsn.com and show them how much you appreciate them for sponsoring our podcast!
Thank you to CBD Stat for continuing to sponsor our podcast! If you’re interested in CBD, go to https://www.cbdstat.care/goodnursebadnurse and check them out!
And of course our latest sponsor, Eko! Please visit them at https://ekohealth.com and use promo code GNBN for $20 off your purchase of the new Littmann Cardiology IV stethoscope with Eko technology!
Credits
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sojourner-truth
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Cindy_James
https://medium.com/true-crime-addiction/the-bizarre-murder-that-officials-claim-was-suicide-true-crime-b0acf528ba4e

Saturday Nov 27, 2021
Good Nurse Bad Nurse LIVE at the Nurses PodCon
Saturday Nov 27, 2021
Saturday Nov 27, 2021
Tina is LIVE in Nashville, Tennessee with some of her favorite nursing podcasters from all over the US! In this special panel discussion episode, Tina is joined by Tom of Just Some Podcast for Advanced Practitioners, Jami of The Neurodiverent Nurse, and Adrianne of Nursing Uncensored. Together they go all the way back to the early 1800s and tell the story of Lydia Sherman, aka the Derby Poisoner. They close the show with a discussion about a nurse who stopped to help victims of a motor vehicle crash and ended up taking a gun away from one of the passengers.
Please support our show by supporting our sponsors!
Thank you to the American Nurses Credentialing Center for sponsoring our podcast. If you are thinking about getting certified in your nursing specialty, please go to https://pages.nursingworld.org/gnbn for more information!
Thank you to Trusted Health for sponsoring this episode. Please go to https://www.trustedhealth.com/gnbn and fill out a profile to help support our podcast and see what opportunities are out there for you!
Thank you to our new sponsor Samuel Merritt University. If you’re interested in getting more information on their MSN and DNP programs and scholarships visit them at https://smumsn.com and show them how much you appreciate them for sponsoring our podcast!
Thank you to CBD Stat for continuing to sponsor our podcast! If you’re interested in CBD, go to https://www.cbdstat.care/goodnursebadnurse and check them out!
And of course our latest sponsor, Eko! Please visit them at https://ekohealth.com and use promo code GNBN for $20 off your purchase of the new Littmann Cardiology IV stethoscope with Eko technology!
Credits
https://connecticuthistory.org/lydia-sherman-the-derby-poisoner/
https://www.geriwalton.com/lydia-sherman-the-derby-poisoner-and-serial-killer/#_ftn7
https://www.nhregister.com/connecticut/article/The-Derby-Poisoner-The-story-of-Lydia-Sherman-a-11358691.php
https://news3lv.com/news/local/nurse-stops-to-help-shooting-car-crash-summerlin-las-vegas

Friday Nov 19, 2021
Good Nurses PodCon Bad Nurse Trevor Farley
Friday Nov 19, 2021
Friday Nov 19, 2021
This week Tina is joined by Tom and Ben of Just Some Podcast for Advanced Practitioners and Kevin McFarlane of the Art of Emergency Nursing podcast. Together, they discuss workplace violence and the terrifying story of a nurse who walks into the hospital where he works and stabs a co-worker. As police begin to investigate, they discover there seems to be much more to the story. They close the show with discussion of the Nurses PodCon that is coming up on November 20! If you haven't already you should grab a ticket at https://goodnursebadnurse.com/ , You can attend virtually or in person in Nashville, TN! There is a discount for students. Use promo code goodnurse for 25% off your ticket!
Please support our show by supporting our sponsors!
Thank you to the American Nurses Credentialing Center for sponsoring our podcast. If you are thinking about getting certified in your nursing specialty, please go to https://pages.nursingworld.org/gnbn for more information!
Thank you to Trusted Health for sponsoring this episode. Please go to https://www.trustedhealth.com/gnbn and fill out a profile to help support our podcast and see what opportunities are out there for you!
Thank you to our new sponsor Samuel Merritt University. If you’re interested in getting more information on their MSN and DNP programs and scholarships visit them at https://smumsn.com and show them how much you appreciate them for sponsoring our podcast!
Thank you to CBD Stat for continuing to sponsor our podcast! If you’re interested in CBD, go to https://www.cbdstat.care/goodnursebadnurse and check them out!
And of course our latest sponsor, Eko! Please visit them at https://ekohealth.com and use promo code GNBN for $20 off your purchase of the new Littmann Cardiology IV stethoscope with Eko technology!
Credits

Saturday Nov 13, 2021
Good Congresswoman Nurse Bad Urologist Ingolf Tuerk
Saturday Nov 13, 2021
Saturday Nov 13, 2021
This week Tina is joined by Mark, her better half and head of all things IT for Good Nurse Bad Nurse. Together they tell the story of Dr. Infgolf Tuerk. A renowned urologist from Brighton, Massachusetts. For years, Tuerk was recognized for his contributions to medicine, worked as the chief of urology, was featured in videos and billboards promoting the hospital, and was loved by all his patients. But it all started to unravel in 2019 when he was investigated for Medicare fraud and fired from the hospital. As he began to spiral downward, his wife took the brunt of his rage and instability which ultimately led to a horrible tragedy.
For the good nurse story, they talk about one of three US Congresswomen serving currently who are nurses. Congresswoman Cori Bush was elected in 2020 to serve Missouri’s 1st Congressional district. She is the first Black woman and first nurse to represent Missouri and the first woman to represent Missouri’s 1st Congressional District. She received a nursing degree from Lutheran University of Nursing in 2019 and spent the next decade serving the community as a nurse, ordained pastor, community organizer, and childcare worker.
Please support our show by supporting our sponsors!
Thank you to the American Nurses Credentialing Center for sponsoring our podcast. If you are thinking about getting certified in your nursing specialty, please go to https://pages.nursingworld.org/gnbn for more information!
Thank you to Trusted Health for sponsoring this episode. Please go to https://www.trustedhealth.com/gnbn and fill out a profile to help support our podcast and see what opportunities are out there for you!
Thank you to our new sponsor Samuel Merritt University. If you’re interested in getting more information on their MSN and DNP programs and scholarships visit them at https://smumsn.com and show them how much you appreciate them for sponsoring our podcast!
Thank you to CBD Stat for continuing to sponsor our podcast! If you’re interested in CBD, go to https://www.cbdstat.care/goodnursebadnurse and check them out!
And of course our latest sponsor, Eko! Please visit them at https://ekohealth.com and use promo code GNBN for $20 off your purchase of the new Littmann Cardiology IV stethoscope with Eko technology!
Credits
https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2020/05/19/ingolf-tuerk-charged-murder-kathleen-mclean/
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/30/metro/he-must-have-completely-fallen-apart/
https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2020/11/17/dover-slaying/
https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/advocacy/federal/nurses-serving-in-congress/

Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Good Just Some Podcast Nurse Bad Neighbor Nurse
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
This week Tina is joined by advanced practice nurse, Tom, one-half of the co-host team from Just Some Podcast for Advanced Practitioners. Together they tell the story of nurse Jon Eric Landis. In 2015, 49-year-old Jon Eric Landis had been a nurse for 15 years when he walked over to confront his neighbor about an ongoing dispute. When all was said and done, only one man walked away from the dispute. This is a sad and tragic story of how carrying a gun for self-defense can go horribly wrong. They close the show featuring Tom’s co-host, Ben. Ben is also a nurse practitioner and has so many unbelievable accomplishments, Tina just had to make him the focus of this week’s good nurse story.
Don’t forget to go to goodnursebadnurse.com and get your ticket for the very first Nurses PodCon! Virtual or in person!
Please support our show by supporting our sponsors!
Thank you to the American Nurses Credentialing Center for sponsoring our podcast. If you are thinking about getting certified in your nursing specialty, please go to https://pages.nursingworld.org/gnbn for more information!
Thank you to Trusted Health for sponsoring this episode. Please go to https://www.trustedhealth.com/gnbn and fill out a profile to help support our podcast and see what opportunities are out there for you!
Thank you to our new sponsor Samuel Merritt University. If you’re interested in getting more information on their MSN and DNP programs and scholarships visit them at https://smumsn.com and show them how much you appreciate them for sponsoring our podcast!
Thank you to CBD Stat for continuing to sponsor our podcast! If you’re interested in CBD, go to https://www.cbdstat.care/goodnursebadnurse and check them out!
And of course our latest sponsor, Eko! Please visit them at https://ekohealth.com and use promo code GNBN for $20 off your purchase of the new Littmann Cardiology IV stethoscope with Eko technology!
Credits
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2016/11/man_who_shot_to_death_neighbor.html
https://www.koin.com/news/speeding-at-issue-in-neighbor-vs-neighbor-murder/
https://katu.com/news/local/man-sentenced-in-shooting-death-of-his-neighbor

Saturday Oct 30, 2021
Good Covid ICU Nurse Bad Covid ICU Nurse
Saturday Oct 30, 2021
Saturday Oct 30, 2021
This week Tina once again teams up with the dynamic duo Tom & Ben of the Just Some Podcast for Advanced Practitioners podcast. Together they tell the story of Heidi Butler, a California woman and former Covid intensive care unit nurse who was accused of approaching a co-worker to kill her husband. They close the show with an inspiring but bittersweet story of a Covid intensive unit nurse who helped a young father after losing his wife to Covid.
Don't forget to go to https://goodnursebadnurse.com and get your tickets to the very first Nurses PodCon.... in-person or virtual tickets are available!
Please support our show by supporting our sponsors!
Thank you to the American Nurses Credentialing Center for sponsoring our podcast. If you are thinking about getting certified in your nursing specialty, please go to https://pages.nursingworld.org/gnbn for more information!
Thank you to Trusted Health for sponsoring this episode. Please go to https://www.trustedhealth.com/gnbn and fill out a profile to help support our podcast and see what opportunities are out there for you!
Thank you to our new sponsor Samuel Merritt University. If you’re interested in getting more information on their MSN and DNP programs and scholarships visit them at https://smumsn.com and show them how much you appreciate them for sponsoring our podcast!
Thank you to CBD Stat for continuing to sponsor our podcast! If you’re interested in CBD, go to https://www.cbdstat.care/goodnursebadnurse and check them out!
And of course our latest sponsor, Eko! Please visit them at https://ekohealth.com and use promo code GNBN for $20 off your purchase of the new Littmann Cardiology IV stethoscope with Eko technology!
Credits:
https://www.uniondemocrat.com/news/article_adf9e38c-e8bc-11eb-a558-37f2cfcfef81.html

Saturday Oct 23, 2021
Good Nurse Researcher Nurse Bad Nurse William Davis
Saturday Oct 23, 2021
Saturday Oct 23, 2021
This week Tina is joined by Annie Fulton of the educational nursing podcast Up My Nursing Game. Together they tell the incredibly disturbing story of a cardiovascular intensive care nurse who is accused of unthinkable crimes involving his patients. On February 8th, 2018, investigators were called to a meeting at a prominent heart hospital in Tyler, Texas. The hospital staff and their counsel had a list of seven patients who were involved in a series of incidents that took place between June 2017 and January 2018. Five patients suffered “significant injury” and two of them died. William George Davis, a registered nurse, was working in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit on all of the dates of these events. They close the show with a story about a nurse who has worked tirelessly to advance the nursing profession including groundbreaking research in the area of nurse-to-patient ratios.
Please support our show by supporting our sponsors!
Thank you to the American Nurses Credentialing Center for sponsoring our podcast. If you are thinking about getting certified in your nursing specialty, please go to https://pages.nursingworld.org/gnbn for more information!
Thank you to Trusted Health for sponsoring this episode. Please go to https://www.trustedhealth.com/gnbn and fill out a profile to help support our podcast and see what opportunities are out there for you!
Thank you to our new sponsor Samuel Merritt University. If you’re interested in getting more information on their MSN and DNP programs and scholarships visit them at https://smumsn.com and show them how much you appreciate them for sponsoring our podcast!
Thank you to CBD Stat for continuing to sponsor our podcast! If you’re interested in CBD, go to https://www.cbdstat.care/goodnursebadnurse and check them out!
And of course our latest sponsor, Eko! Please visit them at https://ekohealth.com and use promo code GNBN for $20 off your purchase of the new Littmann Cardiology IV stethoscope with Eko technology!
Credits
https://www.ksla.com/2021/09/30/tyler-nurse-trial-day-3-security-camera-footage-shows-davis-enter-patients-room/
https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/details/profiles.php?id=93

Saturday Oct 16, 2021
Good Nurse Bad Nurse Live atTSNA Conference
Saturday Oct 16, 2021
Saturday Oct 16, 2021
This week Tina is joined by Nurse Jehr at the Tennessee Student Nurses Association Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Tina opens the show with a short message to nursing students about what they are going to encounter as they transition into new grads. Then Tina and Jeht tell the story of Dr. William Husel, a doctor from Ohio who has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of homicide after prescribing large doses of narcotics for patients being placed on comfort care. They close the show by talking about advocating for the nursing profession and what we can all do to get involved in improving this noble profession.
Please support our show by supporting our sponsors!
Thank you to the American Nurses Credentialing Center for sponsoring our podcast. If you are thinking about getting certified in your nursing specialty, please go to https://pages.nursingworld.org/gnbn for more information!
Thank you to Trusted Health for sponsoring this episode. Please go to https://www.trustedhealth.com/gnbn and fill out a profile to help support our podcast and see what opportunities are out there for you!
Thank you to our new sponsor Samuel Merritt University. If you’re interested in getting more information on their MSN and DNP programs and scholarships visit them at https://smumsn.com and show them how much you appreciate them for sponsoring our podcast!
Thank you to CBD Stat for continuing to sponsor our podcast! If you’re interested in CBD, go to https://www.cbdstat.care/goodnursebadnurse and check them out!
And of course our latest sponsor, Eko! Please visit them at https://ekohealth.com and use promo code GNBN for $20 off your purchase of the new Littmann Cardiology IV stethoscope with Eko technology!
Credits
Deadly Dosage: The Dr. Husel Chronicles. (n.d.). 10tv.com. Retrieved September 21, 2021, from https://www.10tv.com/deadlydosage
Timeline of events.
Facts about Fentanyl. (n.d.). Www.dea.gov. https://www.dea.gov/resources/facts-about-fentanyl
FDA. (n.d.). Fentanyl Citrate Injection, USP Rx only. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2013/016619s034lbl.pdf
Futty, J. (2021, January 7). Mount Carmel deaths: New Franklin County Prosecutor Gary Tyack favors fewer murder counts against Dr. William Husel. The Columbus Dispatch; The Columbus Dispatch. https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2021/01/07/mount-carmel-deaths-dr-william-husel-could-face-fewer-murder-counts/6556404002/
Healy, J., Farr, I., Feiger, L., & Duffy, C. (2019, October 11). One Doctor. 25 Deaths. How Could It Have Happened? The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/11/us/ohio-doctor-overdose.html
Nelson, H. (2021a, May 5). Nearly 2 years later, former Mt. Carmel doctor William Husel still awaiting murder trial. WSYX. https://abc6onyourside.com/news/news-links/nearly-2-years-later-former-mt-carmel-doctor-william-husel-still-awaiting-murder-trial-in-franklin-county
Nelson, H. (2021b, May 10). Trial for former Mount Carmel doctor William Husel set for February 2022. WSYX; WSYX. https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/trial-for-former-mount-carmel-doctor-william-husel-set-for-february-2022
Ortiz, E. (2019, December 19). Nurses defend Ohio doctor accused of murdering 25 patients in lawsuit against hospital. NBC News; NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/nurses-defend-ohio-doctor-accused-murdering-25-patients-lawsuit-against-n1102796
WBNS 10TV. (2019). Part 1: How did we get here? | Deadly Dosage: The Dr. Husel Chronicles [YouTube Video]. On YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x5wblBYc5U