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Good Flight Nurse Bad Flight Nurse Jan 22, 2021

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We have a real treat for you this week! Steph, a flight nurse, is here to co-host. She and Tina start out telling you about a flight nurse accused of sacrificing patients' safety for his own selfish reasons. Steph takes the lead in the good nurse story and tells about the history of flight nursing as well as the story of Georgie Bristol, the first Black nurse to graduate from flight school.

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Credits

https://morganton.com/news/veteran-shares-memories-as-first-black-nurse-to-graduate-from-flight-school/article_13b4cc32-89a8-11e7-8971-dbff5c3c72ce.html https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdal/pr/former-paramedic-and-flight-nurse-receives-one-year-prison-tampering-ketamine-vials

Good Marvel Comic Nurse Bad Plastic Surgeon Doctor Jan 14, 2021

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This week, Tina is joined by the host of the Art of Emergency Nursing podcast, Nurse Kevin! Together, they tell the story of an eccentric plastic surgeon whose negligence led to the untimely death of a young mother. They close the show with an exciting story about how Marvel Comics created an entire comic book series centered around real-life nurses working in COVID ICUs.

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Credits:

https://www.oxygen.com/license-to-kill/crime-news/anthony-pignataro-surgeon-resurfacess-florida-new-name

https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/93069/the_vitals_true_nurse_stories_2020

Good ER Doctor Bad Impostor Doctor Jan 06, 2021

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This week, Tina is joined by pediatric oncology nurse and author of the soon-to-be-published book, Nurse Papa, David Metzger. Together they tell the perplexing story of Dr. Linda Hazzard. Dr. Hazzard did not go to medical school, but, unfortunately for her patients, she was able to obtain a license to practice medicine in the state of Washington due to a loophole in the law at the time. Tina and David struggle to make sense of this bizarre story. They close the show with a delightful story about a family who decided to help local businesses while giving back to those working on the front lines of the COVID pandemic.

This episode is sponsored by Trusted Health. If you're even a little curious about travel nursing, go to trustedhealth.com/goodnurse and fill out a profile today!

Credits

https://www.historylink.org/File/7955

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/doctor-who-starved-her-patients-death-180953158/

https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/er-doctor-helps-raise-thousands-for-seton-workers/269-13689360-143d-4326-968d-741273ccf14e

Another Good COVID Doctor Bad Nephrologist Doctor Schwartz Dec 17, 2020

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This week, Tina is joined once again by Brian, The IV Guy! Together they discuss the strange story of Dr. Schwartz. This is a unique bad doctor story because our bad doctor is also a victim in this story. You will see how people can start out going down one path in life, but then things can go very differently with one decision. They close the show discussing Dr. Kory, a pulmonary critical care doctor working the front lines who testified before congress about the use of Ivermectin to treat COVID-19.

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A huge 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!

Credits

https://covid19criticalcare.com/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-strange-life-of-dr-steven-schwartz/

Good Black NICU Nurse Bad NICU Nurse Dec 11, 2020

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**Trigger Warning** This week's episode involves a nurse who was accused of unbelievable crimes against the most vulnerable patient population...neonatal intensive care unit babies.

Mike with Simple Nursing joins Tina once again to tell the unimaginable story of Christopher Kaphaem, a NICU nurse who worked the night shift at a hospital in Wisconsin. They close the show with a story of a NICU nurse who decided to fight back when the father of a patient refused to have her care for his baby because of the color of her skin.

Thank you to Trusted Health for sponsoring our podcast! If you're even a little curious about travel nursing, go to trustedhealth.com/goodnurse and fill out a profile today!

Credits

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/02/22/hospital-settles-discrimination-suit/1940575/

https://www.wpr.org/nicu-nurse-charged-injuring-several-infants-madison-hospital

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6215683/Nurse-charged-injuring-newborns-Madison-hospital.html

Good Community Nurse Bad Australian OB/GYN Doctor Dec 03, 2020

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***Trigger warning*** While all of our episodes revolve around potentially disturbing subject matter, this week's episode may be particularly difficult to hear for some listeners.

This week's story is about an OB/GYN who was accused of unthinkable crimes against women. Tina is joined by Chelsey with TribeRN. Together they tell the story of Graeme Stephen Reeves, an OB-GYN doctor from Australia. They close the show with a sad but inspirational story about a nurse specialist from the St. Louis area who was the first person in the county to die from COVID-19.

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Credits

https://www.medicalerroraustralia.com/medical-disasters/the-butcher-of-bega-scandal/

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-st-louis-county-first-death/63-bfa8f541-6baa-457a-9d16-34e95d067756

Good University of Portland Nurse Bad Fraud Nurse Nov 19, 2020

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This week, Tina is joined by Erica Bailey, a nursing instructor from the University of Portland School of Nursing. Together, they tell the story of an imposter nurse who was able to earn over two-million dollars without a nursing degree. They close the show discussing the Nurses of Color Collective, Erica's project that gives BIPOC nurses a safe space to find community, support, and healing.

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If you're even a little curious about travel nursing, go to trustedhealth.com/goodnurse and fill out a profile today to see what opportunities are out there!

Also, if you use CBD oils or have thought about trying them, go to cbdstat.care/goodnursebadnurse

And if you are thinking about going back to school to get your master's, go to nursing.up.edu and check out The University of Portland School of Nursing's hybrid BSN to DNP program today!

Credits:

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/imposter-nurse-sentenced-prison-fraud-and-tax-evasion
https://nursesofcolorcollective.com/

Good Nurse Stories Bad Nurse Darlene Gentry Nov 13, 2020

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This week, Kiki is finally back from studying for the PCCN! Together, she and Tina tell the story of Darlene Gentry. Darlene was a registered nurse in a small town who was married with children. When Darlene called 911 one early morning, police thought what she said to the dispatcher was suspicious. Did the police jump to conclusions and zero in on Darlene prematurely before considering other suspects?

They close the show by taking turns telling different stories that changed them as nurses and impacted how they care for their patients.

Please support us by supporting our sponsors:

If you're even a little curious about travel nursing, go to trustedhealth.com/goodnurse and fill out a profile today to see what opportunities are out there!

Also, if you use CBD oils or have thought about trying them, go to cbdstat.care/goodnursebadnurse

And if you are thinking about going back to school to get your master's, go to nursing.up.edu and check out The University of Portland School of Nursing's hybrid BSN to DNP program today!

Credits

https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/tenth-court-of-appeals/2008/8971.html

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1293456/plotsummary

Good First Female Heart Surgeon Bad Country Doctor Nov 06, 2020

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In only his second appearance on Good Nurse Bad Nurse, Tina's husband Mark joins her to tell the gruesome story of Doctor John Cavaness, a well-loved and well-respected country doctor who is a true-to-life Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Later, as she always does, Tina closes with the inspirational story of Myra Adele Logan, M.D., the first woman to perform open heart surgery and the first African American woman elected a fellow to the American College of Surgeons.

Please support us by supporting our sponsors:

This week's episode is sponsored by Trusted Health! 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!
We're also sponsored this week by The University of Portland School of Nursing. If you're thinking about going back to school for your DNP go to https://nursing.up.edu/ and check out their hybrid BSN to DNP program!

And finally, we have a third sponsor this week, CBD Stat! If you use CBD oils, please try our new sponsor CBD Stat and get 30% off high quality CBD available at http://www.cbdstat.care/goodnursebadnurse.

Credits:

https://the-line-up.com/murder-in-little-egypt https://www.nymc.edu/school-of-medicine-som/som-alumni-profiles/alumni-in-memorium/myra-adele-logan/

Good Doctor Ben Carson Bad Doctor Frankenstein Oct 29, 2020

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Special Halloween episode! On this week's episode, Q the Nurse is back to co-host our second annual Halloween special. Q and Tina tell the story of the real-life Dr. Frankenstein! You won't want to miss this episode full of spooky fun! They close the show with the story of Dr. Ben Carson. Dr. Carson was the first to separate conjoined twins who were joined at the head.

Please support us by supporting our sponsors:

This week's episode is sponsored by Trusted Health. If you're even a little curious about travel nursing, go to trustedhealth.com/goodnurse and fill out a profile today to start seeing what adventures are waiting for you!

And also by, The University of Portland School of Nursing. If you're thinking about going back to school for your DNP go to https://nursing.up.edu/ and check out their hybrid BSN to DNP program!

Credits

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-twitching-frog-legs-helped-inspire-frankenstein-180957457/

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/frankenstein-real-science-history-mary-wollstonecraft-shelley-electrocution-executions-a8607501.html

https://www.biography.com/political-figure/ben-carson

https://www.whitehouse.gov/people/ben-carson/

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