Nurses Uncorked - A Nursing Podcast Delivering Nursing News

Part 1 In 2017 RaDonda Vaught, a Registered Nurse at Vanderbilt Medical Center, mistakenly administered a paralytic medication resulting in a patient death. This lead to revocation of her nursing license (2021). In 2022, RaDonda became one of the first nurses to be criminally prosecuted for an unintentional nursing error. Ultimately, she was convicted of criminal negligent homicide and abuse of an...

A don't miss episode for all nursing students! Mike Linares from Simple Nursing joins Nurses Uncorked for a hilarious episode with insight into challenges facing nursing students. We're talking NCLEX, NextGen, TEAS, HESI, nursing school, AI and everything in between.  Follow Mike with Simple Nursing at:  https://www.youtube.com/@SimpleNursing Help Us Keep This Podcast going and become an official...

Nurse Erica and Nurse Jessica share the worst insults they've received on social media! Join Nurses Uncorked for this hilarious and revealing episode. It's not always easy putting yourself out there publicly and people can be very hurtful. Social media tends to breed bullying. This is a deeply personal discussion about the dark side of social media.  Help Us Keep This Podcast going and become an o...

TRIGGER WARNING:  This episode discusses sexual assault and graphic violence. Joyce Grayson, a home healthcare nurse, was found murdered in her patient's basement on October  28, 2023 in Willimantic, CT.  Joyce was visiting her home health care patient, who was a known sexual offender with a significant history of violent behavior.  This patient was living in a half way house with other known sexu...

It's Halloween and that means spooky nurse stories! Who better than a hospice nurse to tell spooky stories?! Hospice Nurse Penny joins Nurses Uncorked to share her personal stories of the unexplained. We read stories sent in by our listeners and share our personal experiences. A perfect podcast for Halloween!  Hospice Nurse Penny is a fierce advocate for hospice and end of life care. You can find...

Trigger warning: this episode involves the topic of suicide! National Suicide Crisis Hotline (Call or Text):  988 or 1-800-442-HOPE On August 7, 2023, Tristin Kate Smith, a 28 yr old Ohio nurse, took her own life. Shortly after her family found a letter she wrote titled, Letter to me Abuser. The abuser is the healthcare system and the victims are nurses. The response from the medical community has...

Immediately after finishing our podcast with world-renowned psychic, John Edward, we began to discuss everything that transpired. It was an impromptu "debrief". We weren't planning on recording it, but ended up capturing our raw emotions and reactions. It is a glimpse into a rarely seen side of Nurse Jessica and Nurse Erica. Join Nurses Uncorked for this very personal episode that covers grief and...

World renowned psychic medium, John Edward joins Nurses Uncorked for an eye opening and healing episode. John Edward is one of the world's foremost psychic mediums and a pioneer in the field.  His television syndication began worldwide over 20 years ago with his first psychic medium TV show Crossing Over, followed by John Edward Cross Country. . He is also a New York Times best selling author of n...

Nick Garr joins Nurses Uncorked to discuss his innovative YouTube series, Nurses Station the Series. As an RN, professional actor and director (triple threat!), Nick and partner, Eliana Gonzalez, have produced the most realistic nursing series we've ever seen! For the first time, nurses and the challenges nurses face are being portrayed realistically. This docudrama series follows the action in an...

As social media continues progressing, nurses are more and more at risk for violating social media work policies.  Over the last few years the amount of nurses fired from their jobs over violating social media work place policies has increased tremendously. This episode talks about how to protect yourself on social media so you can avoid becoming one of these statistics. Help Us Keep This Podcast...

Attorney Ryan, as he is known, has become a social media sensation, sharing his legal expertise in employee rights and labor law with the masses. Ryan empowers nurses and workers by educating them on their rights and we love him for it! As a former firefighter and union member, he has a unique perspective.  Attorney Ryan joins Nurses Uncorked to answer nurses employment questions Help Us Keep This...

Joshua Strickland RN and lead singer of https://thebayoubandits.com was one of the first nurses fired for posting a picture at work. In 2019, before Covid and social media policies, a nurse posted a harmless picture, after being cursed at by a patient, in a nursing Facebook group. Joshua joins Nurses Uncorked to discuss what he went through and how nurses are not afforded the opportunity to vent t...

Lucy Letby, a British NICU nurse, was found guilty of murdering 7 babies and attempted murder of 6 more on 8/21/23. Now known as one of the worst child serial killers of all time. Tina, host of the Good Nurse, Bad Nurse Podcast,  joins Nurse Jessica Sites and Nurse Erica to discuss:  how she did it? Why did she do it? And why did the hospital continue to let her work for years after doctors report...

We all remember listening to Nurse Eugene’s harrowing tale of being trapped in a room, assaulted by a patient, calling for help, and being ignored by fellow nurses. NurseTok and @dz_cherie (on Tiktok) rallied to support Eugene. What unfolded in the weeks afterwards no one could have predicted. Dz_cherie joins Nurses Uncorked to expose the real story of “Nurse” Eugene. Help Us Keep This Podcast goi...

On August 3rd and August 4th, the nurses of Rochester General Hospital in Rochester New York, went on a 2 day strike. The nurses were striking for safe nurse to patient ratios and fair wages. As of today, the hospital still has not made any changes and the negotiations between the hospital and the union representing the nurses continue. Nurse Erica and Nurse Jessica Sites spent a full day on the s...

Trigger warning! Parents allege that on July 9, 2023 at Southern Regional Hospital, Atlanta, GA, the delivering OBGYN doctor , Dr. Tracey St. Julian, decapitated their baby during child birth. The complaint also alleges that this was withheld from the parents, Jessica Ross and Treveon Taylor, and they were only permitted to see the deceased infant through a window, swaddled with the head propped i...

In this episode of Nurses Uncorked, Nurse Erica and Nurse Jessica Sites continue to discuss all things about nurses and dating. In this Part 2 episode, Nurse Jessica tells a story that she has never publicly shared before. Nurse Jessica discusses her scandalous dating relationship that began in the workplace.  This is an episode you don't want to miss! New episodes every Tuesday.  ❤️ please give o...

In this episode of Nurses Uncorked, Nurse Erica and Nurse Jessica Sites discuss all things about nurses and dating. Have you ever wondered why healthcare workers seem to have a difficult time navigating the dating scene?  Well in this episode this topic is discussed in detail.  Things get so scandalous and heated after hearing Nurse Erica's dating problems, that we had to split this Nurses and Dat...

Violence amongst nurses working in healthcare has exponentially risen over the last several years. Join Nurse Erica, Nurse Jessica Sites, and special guest The McGuido Nurse, as we discuss some of the latest acts of violence that have occurred against healthcare workers over the last year. This episode discusses what everyone can to help raise awareness concerning this horrific problem. New episod...

In June, 2023 the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed HB106 The Patient Safety Act which would mandate minimum nurse-patient staffing ratios. A letter sent to PA legislators from over 400 PA nurse leaders opposing HB106 and staffing ratios was made public on the PA Hospital Association website. When Nurse Erica shared the list of over 400 names, there was a concerted damage control campai...

In this first podcast for Nurses Uncorked. Nurse Erica and Nurse Jessica Sites discuss all the current nursing strikes that are occurring in the US. We discuss how strikes work and how the nursing unions help negotiate changes for the nurses on staff. New episodes every Tuesday.  ❤️ please give our episodes a download, follow us, like the episodes and if you really love us… a 5 ⭐️ star rating ! H...