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The Best Episodes of Nurses

Every episode of Nurses ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Nurses!

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Nurses is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from September 14, 1991, to May 7, 1994, created and produced by Susan Harris as a spin-off of Empty Nest, which itself was a

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    Nurses Season 1 Episode 9 - Begone with the Wind
    7.3/10(23 votes)

    #1 - Begone with the Wind

    S1:E9

    Chaos breaks out in the hospital during a hurricane – the kitchen's flooded, the phones are out, and the roads are closed. So when Rose Nyland shows up to help, she's immediately stuck with Julie and the duo are assigned to gathering food from the patients – food that they later give to Laverne for the pediatrics ward. When the news arrives that the roof collapses in a burning building, Annie fears that her husband, a fireman, may have been killed. Sandy runs into a man with a broken leg, whom she dumped. Hank and Gina get trapped in an elevator and share a romantic moment. Two rival gangs start a knife-fight in front of the nurses' station (and threaten Rose) so it's Paco to the rescue.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Nurses Season 1 Episode 8 - Kind, Konsiderate Kare
    6.4/10(14 votes)

    #2 - Kind, Konsiderate Kare

    S1:E8

    A high-ranking member of the Klu Klux Klan check into the hospital with a medical condition, then collapses in the hallway, leaving Annie to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on him. Another patient is a sexist construction worker who sat on a nail gun – so the female staff finds a way to get even with his snide remarks. Greg is smitten with a lady patient he's seeing… until her husband shows up.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Nurses Season 1 Episode 13 - Love, Death, and the Whole Damn Thing
    6.4/10(14 votes)

    #3 - Love, Death, and the Whole Damn Thing

    S1:E13

    Julie's first lover, Peter, checks into 3 West, and the two immediately start catching up on old times, with Peter revealing all the women he's slept with. But when Dr. Risken arrives to break the news that Peter's indiscriminate bed-hopping has left him a brief time to live with AIDS, he's enraged and Julie's freaked out. Julie, deathly afraid of catching AIDS, first avoids him but later lets him know that he won't have be alone when he dies. Meanwhile, Annie's mother-in-law moves in with her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Susan Harris

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  4. Nurses Season 1 Episode 1 - Son of a Pilot
    6.3/10(19 votes)

    #4 - Son of a Pilot

    S1:E1

    The newest nurse, Julie, doesn't exactly inspire her co-workers with confidence. Meanwhile, Sandy is shocked to learn her ex-husband is planning to marry a very young patient.

    Director:Terry Hughes
    Writer:Susan Harris

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  5. Nurses Season 1 Episode 5 - Reversal of Grandpa
    6.3/10(14 votes)

    #5 - Reversal of Grandpa

    S1:E5

    The staff take turns talking to an accident victim in hopes he will come out of his coma.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jane Milmore, Billy Van Zandt

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  6. Nurses Season 1 Episode 11 - Seize the Date
    6.3/10(14 votes)

    #6 - Seize the Date

    S1:E11

    Hank's brother visits and falls in love with Gina; Julie makes friends with a selfish patient; and a hospital administrator tries to prove Dr. Riskin isn't billing poor patients for their tests.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Nurses Season 1 Episode 12 - Friends and Lovers
    6.3/10(14 votes)

    #7 - Friends and Lovers

    S1:E12

    Annie nearly died in a car accident, so she decides if anything ever happens to her and Fred, she's leaving the kids to Sandy. Sandy is initially taken with the idea… until Annie starts criticizing her habits and lifestyle. Meanwhile, Julie falls for a doctor who turns out to be an escaped mental patient. Greg announces that he has the ability to shapeshift.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Nurses Season 1 Episode 18 - Eat Something
    6.3/10(17 votes)

    #8 - Eat Something

    S1:E18

    When a patient is killed by an ambulance, Annie begins to question her faith in God.

    Director:Terry Hughes
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Nurses Season 1 Episode 21 - Rude Awakenings
    6.3/10(14 votes)

    #9 - Rude Awakenings

    S1:E21

    When a patient comes out of a 38-year coma, Dr. Riskin shocks the staff by telling them she was once engaged to the man, and that they had a son.

    Director:Terry Hughes
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Nurses Season 1 Episode 22 - The Ex-Factor
    6.3/10(13 votes)

    #10 - The Ex-Factor

    S1:E22

    Gina realizes Hank is still carryin a torch for his ex-wife; Greg is trapped in the elevator with a cannibal.

    Director:Terry Hughes
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Nurses Season 2 Episode 2 - In My New Country
    6.3/10(12 votes)

    #11 - In My New Country

    S2:E2

    Laverne checks into 3 West to have her webbed toes fixed, but when Sandy gets wind of the situation, toes aren't the only things being separated. Gina, hopped up on recently becoming a US citizen, vows to track down the slumlord that owns Paco's building… which turns out to be Jack Trenton. And Luke and Hank butt heads over Luke's problem with authority.

    Director:Robert Berlinger
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Nurses Season 2 Episode 3 - Inside Information
    6.3/10(13 votes)

    #12 - Inside Information

    S2:E3

    Sandy, who has become increasingly hostile, is pressured by Julie and Annie to see a psychiatrist. Jack and Hank try to gain inside stock information from a comatose patient.

    Director:Robert Berlinger
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Nurses Season 2 Episode 5 - Julie Gets Validated
    6.3/10(13 votes)

    #13 - Julie Gets Validated

    S2:E5

    Julie arrives late for work because she spent the night with the parking lot attendant. Jack suddenly becomes smitten with Julie when rumor spreads (and gets twisted) that Julie had sex in the parking garage. For fun, Hank sneaks up on Luke and winds up getting punched. Hank becomes the hospital joke and loses his self-confidence – and his ability to gain an erection.

    Director:Robert Berlinger
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Nurses Season 1 Episode 14 - No Hiding Place
    6.2/10(18 votes)

    #14 - No Hiding Place

    S1:E14

    A mentally unstable patient (Larry Linville) is told that he has to cut sulfites out of his diet, so he responds by taking the staff hostage at gunpoint... Which doesn't sit well with Sandy, who was supposed to be off on a big date.

    Director:Terry Hughes
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Nurses Season 1 Episode 20 - Moon over Miami
    6.2/10(15 votes)

    #15 - Moon over Miami

    S1:E20

    The entire staff is pulled in to cover a double-shift during the full moon. Julie tells her co-workers about her grandmother's theory on the full moon – how it's a chance to make up for missed love opportunities. Sandy finds herself falling for Charlie Deitz. Paco decides that he's going to ask out Gina. Hank wants to ask out a slut… but he changes his tune when Gina attacks him and sticks her tongue down his throat in the elevator. A hernia-surgery patient makes repeated attempts at escaping; a former astronaut arrives with a bump on the head; and Blanche Devereaux tracks down Dr. Riskin because she can't get a man to bed her.

    Director:Terry Hughes
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Nurses Season 2 Episode 16 - Super Bowl
    6.2/10(14 votes)

    #16 - Super Bowl

    S2:E16

    Hank throws a Superbowl party, which all his coworkers attend... including Jack, who gave up his box seats to attend. But a bounced check leaves Hank without TV and Paco injured when he tries to illegally hook up cable. So the friends settle on an evening of karaoke.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Nurses Season 3 Episode 1 - The Eagle Has Landed
    6.2/10(16 votes)

    #17 - The Eagle Has Landed

    S3:E1

    The hospital is sold to the Healthweb Corporation, and the new owner, Mr. Waites, pulls one of his hotel managers to be the new corporate representative of the hospital. The new rep, Casey MacAfee (Loni Anderson), disguises herself as a patient for ""research"" and proceeds to annoy the staff. When Mr. Waites arrives, he gives Casey a promotion for her good work – he puts her in charge of the hospital as the administrator. Meanwhile, Gina finally announces her pregnancy (though at 5 months, it's more than obvious), and Hank finally proposes. And Jack begins his obsession with Casey, who begins her obsession with Harry Weston…

    Director:Gil Junger
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Nurses Season 3 Episode 20 - The One after the Earthquake
    6.2/10(14 votes)

    #18 - The One after the Earthquake

    S3:E20

    A student nurses decides she wants to emulate Casey; a hypochondriac can't accept turning 40; a man has a throat operation because he sounds like Jack Nicholson; Jack and Paco fight; Julie loses a patient.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Nurses Season 1 Episode 3 - This Joint is Jumpin'
    6.1/10(18 votes)

    #19 - This Joint is Jumpin'

    S1:E3

    A new doctor frames Greg for the theft of some missing drugs; Sandy gets made at a patient who is ignoring her mother; and Annie worries she may be pregnant.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Nurses Season 1 Episode 17 - Married to the Mop
    6.1/10(13 votes)

    #20 - Married to the Mop

    S1:E17

    Paco becomes indebted to a mob boss; Gina tries to make Hank jealous by dating another man, unaware that he is gay.

    Director:Terry Hughes
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Nurses Season 3 Episode 8 - No, But I Played One on TV
    6.1/10(19 votes)

    #21 - No, But I Played One on TV

    S3:E8

    Casey gets a group of former TV doctors to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new maternity wing. Jack, whose first marriage was essentially ruined by Chad Everett, becomes even more distraught when he saves a choking woman (Amy Hill), and she credits Everett as the hero.

    Director:Gil Junger
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Nurses Season 1 Episode 4 - Coming to America
    6.0/10(14 votes)

    #22 - Coming to America

    S1:E4

    Gina's father is coming to visit and worried that he might disapprove of her life alone, she tells him that she has a boyfriend. Little does she know that he excepts her to get married before he leaves the country.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Nurses Season 1 Episode 6 - Mother, Jugs, and Zach
    6.0/10(15 votes)

    #23 - Mother, Jugs, and Zach

    S1:E6

    sandy must look after her ex-husband's new fiancée; Annie's son is getting into trouble at school; Gina sneaks a dog onto the floor to comfort a burn victim; and Julie helps a senile patient.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jane Milmore, Billy Van Zandt

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  24. Nurses Season 1 Episode 10 - An Intern-al Affair to Remember
    6.0/10(15 votes)

    #24 - An Intern-al Affair to Remember

    S1:E10

    Sandy must decide if she wants to move to Minnesota with her new boyfried; a patient confuses her medicine because she can't read; and Greg overacts in a training video.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Nurses Season 1 Episode 15 - Sphere Today, Gone Tomorrow
    6.0/10(13 votes)

    #25 - Sphere Today, Gone Tomorrow

    S1:E15

    Hank gets testy with everyone when he discovers a lump in his scrotum... and then accidentally announces his news over the P.A. Dr. Riskin takes Julie's advice and stands up to the medical director, who then quits leaving her to fill his position.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Begone with the Wind" is the best rated episode of "Nurses". It scored 7.3/10 based on 23 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/9/1991. This episode scored 0.9 points higher than the second highest rated, "Kind, Konsiderate Kare".