Good Nurse Bad Nurse

Good Dorothea Dix Bad Surgical Nurse

This week Tina and Allison tell the shocking and tragic story of Mary Lemak, a surgical nurse who was a devoted mother of three children and married to an emergency room doctor. Her life seemed perfect up until the very end when everything went horribly wrong. Tina and Allison talk at the beginning of the show about a man who was handcuffed and left outside for police to pick him up at a mental health facility. They close the show with the story of Dorothea Dix, a nurse who advocated for the indigent and mentally ill.

This episode of Good Nurse Bad Nurse is sponsored by Incredible Health.

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Good Samaritan Nurse Bad Pediatric Nurse

This week Tina is joined by friend and fellow podcaster Christine from Antidotes Podcast: Stories in Medicine. Together they tell the terribly sad story of pediatric nurse Kelly Ripstra. Kelly was a nurse at Texas Children's Hospital when her daughter Rachel was born. A few short years later Kelly is being accused of unthinkable crimes against her daughter. They start off the show with a news story about a nurse practitioner in Alaska being charged in the deaths of several patients who overdosed on narcotics prescribed by her. They close out the show with a heart warming story of a nurse on her way to family Thanksgiving dinner who saved a man's life.

 

This episode of Good Nurse Bad Nurse is sponsored by Incredible Health.

https://www.incrediblehealth.com/goodnurse.html

 

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Good Labor and Delivery Nurse Bad Labor and Delivery Nurse

This week Tina is joined by MaKenzie, a labor and delivery nurse! Tina is excited to finally have an L&D nurse on the show! They go all the way back to 1975 for the bad nurse and tell the awful story of a labor and delivery nurse who did unthinkable acts to 'have a baby' in order to keep her boyfriend! They start off the show talking about the nurse whose twin sister posted a picture of her on social media that went viral. They close out the show with a sweet and inspiring story about a nurse who not only delivers babies, but also was a surrogate mother multiple times! 

Good Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Bad Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine

This week Tina is joined by critical care nurse and social media influencer Isabel of the nurse_isaa Instagram page. Tina and Isabel tell the story of a doctor who's wife went missing on New Year's Eve. They also talk about an ER doctor who didn't give up on a young man who had spent several hours in the freezing cold and who didn't even have a pulse when he was found. They open the show by talking about Nike's new doctor/nurse shoes!

https://news.nike.com/news/nike-air-zoom-pulse

https://forensicfilesnow.com/index.php/2018/08/03/noreen-boyle-a-death-encrypted/

https://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/news/local/2014/12/30/dr-john-boyle-murder-case-years-later/21068335/

https://thedo.osteopathic.org/2016/09/how-a-do-saved-a-man-whod-seemingly-frozen-to-death/

 

Good Missionary Nurse Bad Suicidal Nurse

This week Tina is joined by nurse manager Allison again. After talking about a nurse who helped a homeless man who needed a heart transplant, they encourage everyone listening to take a selfie with their driver's license and post it on Instagram and/or Facebook with the hashtags #showmeyourheart and #goodnursebadnurse. The bad nurse story revolves around suicide so if that is a trigger for anyone, please consider sitting this one out. This story is so heartbreaking and unbelievable. It starts out in Canada with a young college student and ends up going all the way around the world. They end the story with a listener suggestion of a good nurse who does missionary work. 

 

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

https://www.organdonor.gov/

 

Good Scottish Nurse Bad German Nurse

You all have been asking for her and she's back! Gemma from the Which Murderer podcast returns to tell the story of German nurse, Niels Hogel, who killed more than 85 people before being caught. You won't believe the details of this horribly tragic story that went on for over 5 years! They start off the show discussing violence against hospital staff and close the show with an inspiring story of a nurse from Scotland.

Good Cardiothoracic Surgeon Bad Cardiothoracic Surgeon

This week Tina is joined by Hugh, a cardiovascular nurse and adviser to his state's student nurse association. Tina and Hugh discuss the murder of a cardiothoracic surgeon's wife. Was this doctor wrongfully accused or did he outwit investigators? They open the show with updates on the RaDonda Vaught case, the former Vandy nurse who is being criminally charged for a med error. The show ends with a heart-warming story of a good cardiovascular surgeon.

Good NICU Nurses Bad Haunted Hospital

In this special Halloween episode, Tina and Q explore the creepy and disturbing story of the Metropolitan State Hospital in Boston, also known as "the hospital of the seven teeth"! They start out the show talking about sexy nurse uniforms and whether or not they are disrespectful to the nursing profession. They close the show with a fun discussion about NICU nurses who dress up their babies every Halloween.