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The Best Episodes of The Nurses

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

The Nurses is a serialized primetime medical drama which aired on CBS from September 27, 1962 to May 11, 1965. It was originally called The Nurses when it premiered in 1962; for the second season, the title was expanded to The Doctors and the Nurses and it ran until 1965, when it was transformed into a half-hour daytime soap opera. The soap opera, also called The Nurses, ran on ABC from 1965 to 1967.

Genre:Drama
Network:CBS

Top Episode Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The Nurses" is "Night Shift", rated 8.6/10 from 8 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Night Shift" aired on 9/27/1962 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Barbara Bowers Story".

  • Night Shift
    8.6/10 8 votes

    #1 - Night Shift

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1962

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Barbara Bowers Story
    8.6/10 7 votes

    #2 - The Barbara Bowers Story

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1962

    No description available

    Director: Herman Hoffman

    Writer: Alfred Brenner

  • The Walls Came Tumbling Down
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #3 - The Walls Came Tumbling Down

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/1962

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fly, Shadow
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #4 - Fly, Shadow

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1962

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Doctor Lillian
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #5 - Doctor Lillian

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/1962

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Private Room
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #6 - A Private Room

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1962

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Prisoner
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #7 - The Prisoner

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1962

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Strange and Distant Place
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #8 - A Strange and Distant Place

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1962

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Two Black Candles
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #9 - Two Black Candles

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/1962

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Lady Made of Stone
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #10 - Lady Made of Stone

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/1962

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Frieda
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #11 - Frieda

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/6/1962

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Soft Touch
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #12 - The Soft Touch

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/13/1962

    Nurse Thorpe (Shirl Conway) swamped with hospital routine, decides to go into private nursing which, she is led to believe, is a “soft touch".

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Image of Angela
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #13 - Image of Angela

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/27/1962

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Difference of Years
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #14 - A Difference of Years

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/3/1963

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Root of Violence
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #15 - Root of Violence

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/10/1963

    A nurse attending a teen-aged boy brought to the hospital with a fractured skull, presumably after having been attacked by a street gang, learns that her patient had been the attacker and that his assailant had acted in self defense.

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: Arnold Perl, George Bellak

  • Many A Sullivan
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #16 - Many A Sullivan

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/17/1963

    A New England fisherman suffers a heart attack while at sea and is flown to the New York hospital for attention.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Night Sounds
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #17 - Night Sounds

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/24/1963

    Norman Ruskin is recuperating after a minor operation and strikes up a friendly relationship with Miss Lucas. One night late at her post just as a patient dies, and her attempts to explain the delay are brushed aside. Edith Ruskin (Miss Benoit) is informed that Gail intends to press charges against her husband, despite opposition by hospital authorities.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • No Score
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #18 - No Score

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1963

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Show Just Cause Why You Should Weep
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #19 - Show Just Cause Why You Should Weep

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1963

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Escape Route
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #20 - Escape Route

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/1963

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Gift
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #21 - The Gift

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1963

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Strike
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #22 - Strike

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1963

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A39846
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #23 - A39846

    Season 3 Episode 27 - Aired 4/20/1965

    Jean Pierre Aumont plays Dr. DiCarlo, a European pathologist now stationed at Alden General Hospital, who shows more than general interest in an autopsy he has been asked to perform. His deep concern both annoys and puzzles Dr. Tazinski and other members of the hospital staff.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • An Unweeded Garden
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #24 - An Unweeded Garden

    Season 3 Episode 30 - Aired 5/11/1965

    No description available

    Director: Marvin J. Chomsky

    Writer: N/A