In today's episode, Harini provides a play-by-play of The Good Nurse, Netflix's recent true-crime biopic that details the harrowing story of nurse Amy Loughren who became a confidential informant for the New Jersey Police Department in their efforts to catch serial killer Charles Cullen. Cullen was a nurse who moved discreetly within the healthcare industry for 16 years before being caught for poisoning and murdering patients. As Part I, this episode will cover the film adaptation of this incredible story. Stay tuned for Part II which will shed more light on the events that occurred in real life. 

Sources:

• The Good Nurse (Netflix Film 2022)

• https://myaccount.nytimes.com/get-started/thank-you?o=0fd8cf46-d029-11ea-a072-340cee6a52b6&campaignId=9XHYQ&pt=UEFZUEFM&pi=UEFZUEFM&country=US

• https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/03/nyregion/as-victims-relatives-watch-nurse-who-killed-29-gets-11-life-terms.html

• https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/cullen-charles.htm

• https://theconversation.com/weekly-dose-digoxin-the-heart-medicine-that-may-have-given-us-van-goghs-starry-night-57980

• https://www.uspharmacist.com/article/digoxin-use-in-modern-medicine#:~:text=Digoxin%20is%20a%20cardiac%20glycoside,congestive%20heart%20failure%3B%20CHF).

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