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This week Tina is joined by Art of Emergency Nursing Podcast host 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. 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! And also, thank you to 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://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      

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 loop hole 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  

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. 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/  

**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

***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. A HUGE THANK YOU to our sponsors... 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! And to 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://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  

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.   A huge thank you to all of our sponsors this week! 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-evasionhttps://nursesofcolorcollective.com/  

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. A huge thank you to all of our sponsors this week! 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  

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 first African American woman elected a fellow to the American College of Surgeons. 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/

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.  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/  

Tina is joined by Sara and Amie of Gritty Nurse podcast to tell about a self-made caregiver who looked after a WBA welterweight boxer after becoming paralyzed from a motorcycle accident. Thomas Dunkley took matters into his own hands after claiming he was bullied and verbally abused by Shaun Cummins, a local legend known as "The Governor". The show concludes with the story of Kofoworola Abeni Pratt, the first black National Health Service nurse who went against her family's wishes to pursue her love for nursing. Good Nurse Bad Nurse 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.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-22437507   https://m.imdb.com/title/tt10693382/   https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/kofoworola-abeni-pratt  

This week Tina is honored to be joined by talented poet and nurse Piers Harrison-Reid from the United Kingdom. Piers is an A&E nurse and has had his poetry featured by the BBC. Piers tackles difficult subjects in his poetry like racism and mental health issues. Piers helps Tina tell the gruesome and horrifying story of Thomas Dunkley, a caregiver in the UK who took care of former boxer Shaun Cummins. Shaun was badly injured in a motorcycle accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down. They close the show with Piers performing one of his poems encouraging health care students. Listen all the way to the end to hear a second performance of one of Piers's poems that deals with mental health issues. Good Nurse Bad Nurse 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.imdb.com/title/tt10693382/ https://piersthepoet.co.uk/love-is-for-the-brave-nhs70/ https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-norfolk-44698462  

This week Tina teams up again with Mike with Simple Nursing to tell the story of a corrupt medical examiner who was part of a grander scheme of corruption that led all the way to the governor's mansion to cover up what really happened to  "the boys on the tracks". Our good "doctor" story experimented on dogs to develop an open heart surgery to repair an otherwise fatal condition known as "Tetralogy of Fallot".  Good Nurse Bad Nurse is sponsored by Trusted Health. If you're even a little curious about travel nursing, please go to TrustedHealth.com/GoodNurse and fill out a profile today! Credits: https://unsolved.com/gallery/don-henry-kevin-ives/ https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/06/19/the-remarkable-story-of-vivien-thomas-the-black-man-who-helped-invent-heart-surgery/    

This week Tina is joined by Michael with the Real Talk School of Nursing podcast. Together they tell the story of the Heaven's Gate cult. This group was started by a nurse and her boyfriend in the 1970s. The group made headlines in the 1990s after they became convinced that an alien space ship was coming to Earth traveling behind the comet Hale-Bopp. The details of this story are so unbelievable it seems like science fiction. They close the show with the inspirational story of the first male military nurse who also happened to be Black.  ***Good Nurse Bad Nurse 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 jobs all over the United States. Credits https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/heavens-gate-cult-members-found-dead https://www.britannica.com/topic/Heavens-Gate-religious-group https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/col-lawrence-washington  

This week Mike with Simple Nursing is back to co-host with Tina. Together they tell the story of a chiropractor who did some very despicable things in order to get out of paying 4,000 a month for alimony. The chiropractor story gets them talking about a high profile story of a Snap Chat model who suffered a stroke after going to a chiropractor. They close the show with a wonderful story of two doctors who wrote a children's book to help children understand COVID-19.  Credits This week's episode is sponsored by Trusted Health. If you're even a little curious about travel nursing, go to https://www.trustedhealth.com/goodnurse and fill out a profile today. https://newsroom.uvahealth.com/2020/05/20/uva-doctors-honored-for-covid-19-childrens-book/ https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2000-12-02-0012020286-story.html    

This week Mike with Simple Nursing is back to co-host another episode. Together he and Tina tell the story of a chiropractor from Florida who decided he didn’t like the 4,000 per month alimony he was ordered to pay after his divorce was final. As a side note, they discuss a high-profile case of a famous model who suffered a stroke after having a neck adjustment. Was her stroke caused by the adjustment? They close the show with a heartwarming story of two doctors who wrote a children’s book to help children of color from areas hit hard by COVID-19 to have a better understanding of the pandemic.   This week’s episode is brought to you 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.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2000-12-02-0012020286-story.html https://newsroom.uvahealth.com/2020/05/20/uva-doctors-honored-for-covid-19-childrens-book/  

This week Tina is once again joined by fellow nursing podcaster Chelsea with Deuso Dishes Crime Podcast. Together they tell the incredibly tragic story of Selena, the singer from Texas who was the sweetheart of Tejano music. Selena was the victim of a crazed fan who managed to become president of Selena's fan club and even ran her boutique business. They close the show with the story of a sweet nurse from Connecticut who just happened to have the courage to become the first Black nurse in the hospital where she was hired over 30 years ago. Good Nurse Bad Nurse 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! This episode is also sponsored by Green Chef. Go to greenchef.com/goodnurse80 to receive $80 off your first month's order and free shipping off your first box! Credits https://www.biography.com/musician/selena http://connecticut.news12.com/story/39919943/woman-honored-for-work-as-nurse-during-black-history-month-event  

This week to celebrate the 100th episode of Good Nurse Bad Nurse Tina and Kiki will have a bonus discussion at the end of the episode about New Grads! But first, they discuss the absolutely horrifying story of a psych nurse who was suffering from mental illness himself and spent years tormenting his coworkers. Denis Czajkowski became so paranoid of his coworkers and his boss in particular that it eventually lead to him going back to the hospital where he was fired and holding two women hostage for two days. The good nurse story is about an amazing and courageous woman who didn't like the military's policy of having a limit of how many black nurses were allowed to serve..so she did something about it. They close the show with a special 30 minute discussion dedicated to new grads! Be sure and let us know what you think!   The week's episode is sponsored by Trusted Health! They are a different kind of nurse travel agency. If you're even a little curious about travel nursing and want to support our podcast, go to trustedhealth.com/goodnurse and fill out a profile today! Credits https://www.cbsnews.com/news/standoff-ends-in-death/ http://ojin.nursingworld.org/FunctionalMenuCategories/AboutANA/Honoring-Nurses/NationalAwardsProgram/HallofFame/19962000Inductees/stauperm5584.html  

This week Q the Nurse is back to join Tina in telling the story of Dr. Charles Friedgood. Friedgood was a doctor who spent his whole life manipulating people to get what he wanted. Just when you think he couldn't get any more despicable, he does something else until he finally does something so egregious even he couldn't get away with it. They close the show with the story of Dr. James McCune Smith, who was the first Black man to hold a medical degree in America. This episode is sponsored by Trusted Health. If you're even a little curious about traveling nursing, please go to https://www.trustedhealth.com/goodnurse and see what opportunities are out there! Credits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcvMdrFdMak https://www.nyhistory.org/web/africanfreeschool/bios/james-mccune-smith.html https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp2/51/327/2496965/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/28/nyregion/dr-charles-friedgood-dead.html

Kiki is back once again to co-host with Tina. Together they tell the incredibly disturbing story of Cathy Wood and Gwendolyn Graham. Cathy and Gwendolyn were two nurse techs who had some horrific games they liked to play together that involved the elderly patients they were supposed to be caring for at the the nursing home where they worked together. They close the show with a different kind of good nurse story. Our good nurse this week had the courage to stand up to a patient who requested to not have a black nurse caring for her. Teoka Williams was working as a bedside nurse when a patient complained about having a black nurse. When Ms. Williams complained about the incident she was reassigned to a different patient and was told the patient had the right to refuse care for whatever reason.

Mike with Simple Nursing is back once again to co-host! Tina and Mike tell the story of Valerie McDaniel, a veterinarian from Houston, Texas, who got tangled up with the wrong guy, Leon Jacob. Jacob had graduated from medical school but wasn't able to complete his residency. This story is as tragic as it is inexplicable and you will not believe how many twists and turns it takes before ending in devastation. They close the show with the inspiring story of Frederick Douglass Patterson. Dr. Patterson had multiple degrees including a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and had so many accomplishments in his life there isn't enough time to discuss them all! 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! https://uncf.org/pages/frederick-douglass-patterson-2 https://www.oxygen.com/murder-for-hire/crime-time/woman-suicide-arrested-hire-hitman