***Trigger warning: This episode contains discussions of cannibalism and sexual perversions*** This week, Tina is down with Covid...boo! So until next week, enjoy this bonus episode of Tina guest hosting on the new hit podcast Will Continue To Monitor ! In this episode, Tom, Ben, and Tina discuss the very creepy story of Issei Sagawa! Sagawa has admitted to a lifelong fascination with cannibalism, that started as a child when an uncle said he would lower him into a pot and eat him as a joke. Wil...
Feb 04, 2022•35 min•Ep. 1
Content Warning: This episode of Good Nurse Bad Nurse contains material of a sensitive nature and may not be suitable for some listeners. Nurse Jehr returns to co-host this week’s episode of Good Nurse Bad Nurse ! Tina and Nurse Jehr discuss the story of Gary Shipley, a surgeon, and his wife Gloria Shipley, a former pediatric nurse. Gary Shipley was accused of violating the Hippocratic oath, and both he and his wife were accused of subjecting their children to unimaginable horrors. The Good Nurs...
Jan 25, 2022•32 min•Ep. 167
On this episode of Good Nurse Bad Nurse , Tina is joined by Sara and Amie, the dynamic duo of The Gritty Nurse podcast. They bring their sharp wit and turn their knowledge on a case from their neck of the woods, Canada. Together they discuss the bad nurse story of Anagaile Soriano and Ruth Doerksen and the care (or lack thereof) young Lisa Shore received. Our good nurse shout-out is for Sara and Amie, advocates of nursing and two people who you would want in your corner! Please support our show ...
Jan 11, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 165
This week Tina is once again joined by Justin Alves. Together they tell the story of Nikki Cappello, a critical care nurse who was married to private investigator Jim Cappello. Jim had suspected that his wife Nikki was attempting to conceal a substance use disorder and was planning an intervention when he was found dead in his home under suspicious circumstances. They close the show with an amazing story of a nurse who was out boating with her husband when their boat became dry-docked on a sand ...
Jan 04, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 164
***Trigger Warning: The following episode of Good Nurse Bad Nurse contains sensitive information of domestic violence and sexual abuse. Discretion is advised. This week Nurse Keith is back to guest host a very special episode of Good Nurse Bad Nurse . In this episode, we will be bringing awareness to the problem of survivors of domestic abuse being criminalized. They open the show with the story of Brent Mott, a nurse from Merseyside, UK. Brent and his wife Kate had reached the end of their marr...
Dec 28, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 163
This week Tina is once again joined by Tom with Just Some Podcast for Advanced Practitioners . Together, they tell you the tragic story of a shooting that took place at a plastic surgeon's office in 1997. On July 3, 1997, Dr. Michael Tavis and his office manager Kay Carter were gunned down in cold blood when they arrived to work that morning. Investigators would have to sift through multiple patients who had sued Dr. Tavis for negligence and malpractice in order to find the person who committed ...
Dec 18, 2021•57 min•Ep. 162
This week Tina is joined by Nurse Allie, a nurse influencer from Instagram and YouTube. Together, they bring you a compilation of disturbing stories involving corrections nurses. As nurses, we make commitments to ensure that our patients receive quality healthcare, regardless of the setting in which the treatment is administered. What happens when a nurse in a correctional facility abandons this principle and doesn’t provide adequate care? For the good nurse story, they discuss another registere...
Dec 11, 2021•53 min•Ep. 161
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 th...
Dec 04, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 160
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 vehicl...
Nov 27, 2021•46 min•Ep. 159
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 s...
Nov 19, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 158
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 th...
Nov 13, 2021•44 min•Ep. 157
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...
Nov 07, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 156
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...
Oct 30, 2021•59 min•Ep. 155
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 201...
Oct 23, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 154
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 sho...
Oct 16, 2021•54 min•Ep. 153
This week, Tina is joined by Tom and Ben of Just Some Podcast for APRNs . Together, they tell the story of Dr. Ronald Mikos. Dr. Mikos was making between 250 – 300 thousand dollars a year, which was a couple hundred thousand dollars over what other podiatrists were making in the area. When the federal government started interviewing his patients, they discovered he had been billing for hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of procedures that seemed suspicious for a foot doctor. He was able to m...
Oct 09, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 152
This week Tina is joined by new grad Nurse Jehr! Tina and Jehr tell you the story of Betty Wilson. Betty and Peggy were fraternal twins born in a small town in Alabama in 1945. Although the twin sisters were very close, they were also very different. Peggy was the beautiful, popular, homecoming queen type, and Betty opted for a wilder group of friends. Both married shortly after finishing high school, Peggy to a Baptist Choirmaster and Betty to a doctor she met in her nursing program. When Betty...
Oct 02, 2021•34 min•Ep. 151
This week, Tina is joined by the always funny and entertaining Nurse Jessica Sites. Together they bring you the story of nurse, Rhonda Orr. Rhonda Orr met her husband Jimmy online in 1998. Jimmy’s parents paid for Rhonda to go to nursing school. By 2003, their marriage was falling apart, but they continued to live in the same house while Rhonda was finished school. One morning, Rhonda awoke and ran to the neighbor’s house screaming for help, saying her house was on fire and her husband was trapp...
Sep 25, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 150
This week Tina is joined by David Metzger of the Nurse Papa podcast. Together, they tell the disturbing story of a nurse determined to marry a doctor... even if he was already married to someone else. Dr. David Stephens brought cardiothoracic surgery to the state of Mississippi. He was well respected and revered until the decision to get involved with the nurse who worked for him would change his life forever. They close the show with a spotlight on David to celebrate the release of the Nurse Pa...
Sep 18, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 149
This week, Tina is joined again by Adrianne with the incredibly popular nursing podcast Nursing Uncensored . Together they tell the story of nurse Donna Trapani, a successful nurse in business. Donna owned a home health agency in Florida and did well for herself until she started having an affair with a married man over a thousand miles away. Once her lover tried to break things off, Donna lost her grip on reality, which led to countless lives being ruined. The show ends with the story of a whee...
Sep 11, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 148
This week Tina is joined by Jami of the hit nursing podcast The Neurodivergent Nurse . Together, they tell you the absolutely perplexing case of nurse Jennifer Nibbe. When police arrived at Jennifer Nibbe's home, she told them she had heard a loud noise while in the bathroom and saw a masked man standing over Jim with her shotgun. She told the investigators she believed he had the intention of assaulting her, but he was spooked by the family dog before he could. Brady, her son, was asleep in his...
Sep 04, 2021•58 min•Ep. 147
This week, Tina is joined by ICU nurse and educator Justin Alves with DKB Med. Together, they discuss the troubling story of Dr. Sam Chachoua, a trained medical doctor who turned to alternative medicine and lied about the results. Made infamous over claims that he cured a famous Hollywood actor, his dangerous, unproved methods almost killed the famous actor and could have impacted countless other people. We will also talk about the incredible story of Mary Magee, the first U.S. medical provider ...
Aug 28, 2021•46 min•Ep. 146
This week, Nurse Leah joins Tina to tell the inexplicable story of a doctor and nurse couple whose wedding day went horribly wrong. From the outside looking in, Scott and Kelly seemed the perfect couple; the two worked together at Union Hospital in Terre Haute, Indiana. She was a nurse and he an anesthesiologist. They had a beautiful home and had planned a wonderful wedding. Their coworkers, friends, and family happily attended the nuptials, which quickly deteriorated with the addition of alcoho...
Aug 21, 2021•32 min•Ep. 145
This week we have the co-hosts of the hit podcast Cup of Nurses . Matt and Peter join Tina to talk about some very bizarre stories of nurses and other healthcare professionals caught on camera not having their best moments. They close the show with a heart-shattering story of an amazing young nurse who just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time in Nashville, Tennessee. Please support our show by supporting our sponsors! Thank you to the American Nurses Credentialing Center for spon...
Aug 14, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 144
This week Tina is joined by fellow podcaster and friend, Erica Bailey from the University of Portland School of Nursing. Tina and Erica tell the story of Thomas Elmore, Jr. On September 22, 2016, Thomas Elmore Jr. dialed 911 and told the operator that his girlfriend of several years Tamara Naish was dead on the bathroom floor. When investigators arrived, he told them how his beloved girlfriend had killed herself 24 hours earlier. They closed the show with a heartbreaking story that honors the me...
Aug 07, 2021•45 min•Ep. 143
This week, David with the Nurse Papa podcast is back to help Tina tell the story of a school nurse who called 911 and told the dispatcher she had just shot her husband. Was Bernadette acting in self-defense, or was there something more sinister at play? As the story unfolds, there is more under the surface than anyone in the young couple's lives ever knew. They close the show by chatting about the hilarious nurse from Australia, who will have you rolling on the floor when she talks about how she...
Jul 31, 2021•54 min•Ep. 142
This week Tina is joined by Nurse Jessica Sites and ER Tech Joshua Shetterly. Together they tell the story of a nurse, Dee Winzer, who was married to a man who became a paraplegic after being hit by a bus. Many years after getting married, Winzer was accused of poising her husband. However, the evidence was shaky at best, and Dee had no apparent motive, nor was she even home when the alleged poisoning happened. They close the show with Joshua telling the heartbreaking but courageous story of his...
Jul 24, 2021•59 min•Ep. 141
This week, Tina is joined by the Dean of Nursing for Samuel Merritt University, Dean Lorna. Together, they discuss several cases of providers all across the country who found themselves in trouble after working at so-called 'pill mills'. They close the show with Tina interviewing Dean Lorna, who tells us all about her fascinating career leading up to becoming the Dean of Nursing for such a prestigious school. Please support our show by supporting our sponsors! Thank you to Trusted Health for spo...
Jul 16, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 140
This week Tina is joined once again by Dr. Dan Weber, a registered nurse and the Head of Clinical Innovation for the travel nurse agency, Trusted Health. Together they discuss the case of a pathologist from Arkansas who wreaked havoc on the lives of many people including an Air Force veteran. They close the show with the rather dark but fascinating good doctor story of Helene Knabe. Dr. Knabe moved to Indianapolis, Indiana from Germany in 1896 after learning that females were allowed to go to me...
Jul 09, 2021•52 min•Ep. 139
This week, Lucy with the popular Instagram page "Bedsidebitch" is back to guest host with Tina! Together, they tell the tragic story of a nurse who put off doing her job and was about to get caught. Instead of facing the consequences of her procrastination, she decided to create a distraction. What she did would lead to the deaths of three people, dozens of other people being injured, and her facing decades in prison. The good nurse story is one that Tina and Lucy couldn't wait to tell you about...
Jul 02, 2021•29 min•Ep. 138
