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Nurse.com Podcast

Episode 1: Haunted Healing 2024

with Cara and Dawn Lunsford

35 Minute Listen

Haunted Hospital

Podcast overview

Join Cara for another spooktacular Halloween episode, featuring real-life ghost stories shared by everyday nurses. From eerie conversations with departed patients to unexplained phenomena like call lights flickering in empty rooms, these spine-chilling tales capture the strange and supernatural side of healthcare. Tune in for a hauntingly good time that will leave you with goosebumps!

Previous Episode 13: The Human Experience in Healthcare

Next Episode 2: Empower Hope

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Meet Your Host

Cara Lunsford, VP of Community at Relias and Nurse.com is a Registered Nurse with 16 years of experience in the acute care setting as a pediatric Heme/ONC nurse, home health, and home infusion. She is the founder of the HOLLIBLU app, the first social media network for nurses, which was acquired by Nurse.com in 2022. Cara has acted as the Director of Nursing for an L.A. based home health and hospice center and is currently the VP of Community at Nurse.com.

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Episode 1: Haunted Healing 2024

35 Minute Listen

Join Cara for another spooktacular Halloween episode, featuring real-life ghost stories shared by everyday nurses.