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When 18-year-old Mary Hazard touched down in postwar Putney to begin her nurse's training, she could never have known that it was the beginning of a colourful career that would still be going 60 years later - one of the longest-ever serving NHS nurses. For Mary, raised in a strict convent in rural south Ireland, working in her first London hospital was a shocking and life-changing experience. Against a backdrop of ongoing rationing and poverty, she saw for the first time the horrors of disease...

Nurse Lucy Letby murdered seven babies and attempted to murder six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital. This is the true story of her horrific crimes. This new and exclusive podcast series examines her shocking murders, how she was able to get away with it for so long, and how she was finally arrested and brought to trial. New episodes weekly. By Joshua Perry-Parker. Enquiries: JoshuaPerryParker@gmail.com

In 1943, Kathleen, then thirty, was a nurse-in-training at the Blackburn Royal Infirmary. For the next three years, she kept a meticulous diary of her day-to-day existence, leaving behind a vivid record of the real-time concerns of a busy, thoughtful woman on the frontline of the war at home. Kathleen’s days were never the same. She writes in clear and lively prose about life in the hospital: of her fellow nurses, her patients, about death and dying, and the progress of the war as wounded soldiers returned from Normandy in the summer of 1944.

We’re connecting with nurses and other health care professionals to hear their stories and learn what is exemplary and groundbreaking in the world of nursing right now. The stories they share are extraordinary, inspirational and at times, gut-wrenching. Join us as we explore what drives these individuals to answer the call to care and how their work impacts their lives and the lives of those they serve. Presented by UCHealth. Contact us at thenursesstation@uchealth.org

What is Nursing? In an effort to answer this question, this podcast explores interesting stories in nursing by interviewing healthcare personnel at all levels of care. From the boardroom to the bedside....this podcast explores it all! Each podcast features an individual who pushes healthcare forward each and every day.

Life and other stuff as lived through a Nursing lens.

In the winter of 1692 something terrible and frightening began in Salem Village. It started with several villagers having strange fits, screaming, and unnaturally contorting themselves and ended with almost 200 people in jail and at least 25 dead. Witchcraft accusations - claims that some inhabitants had forsaken God to become servants of the Devil - spread from Salem Village across Massachusetts, ensnaring innocent people from all strata of society under a burden of assumed guilt. One of the most significant and unlikely accusations was against 71-year-old grandmother Rebecca Nurse.

A medical podcast with a normal dude and a real working operating room registered nurse (with REALLY long hair), telling stories, chatting, and learning about the things that go on in the medical field.