This Pandemic Nurse Was Hiding a Dark Secret From Her Patients

"Nurse" Julia

Julia Lyons was now "Nurse" Julia, but she also went by various other names. She had aliases like Marie Walker, Ruth Hicks, and Mrs. H.J. Behrens. She worked as a house nurse, but her past was going to catch up to her soon...

No Florence Nightingale

Not only did Julia have extremely minimal medical knowledge, she decided that being a nurse just for the benevolence wasn't enough. Most people in the field were there just to heal the sick through a raging pandemic. Julia, however, needed money...

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.