The Nurse (2023) s01e04 Episode Script

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BASED ON A TRUE STORY
THE NURSE
Okay, um,
so I keep an eye
on the medicine room, count stock.
Take photos, check the rubbish.
- Syringes, medication.
- Find evidence.
Observe her,
but without her noticing.
So we have, uh, Anne Lise Poulsen,
84, pneumonia, possible sepsis.
She's in terminal care.
Yeah, we'll manage her pain.
Yeah, and in 31,
we have Maggi Margrethe Rasmussen.
She fell at home
and was admitted this morning.
A bit confused, but according
to her partner, she always is.
Okay, got it.
She needs to stay in overnight
for observation for cerebral haemorrhage,
but she's 100% stable.
- Perfect. Thanks. See ya.
- See ya.
You have
the high-risk group, Pernille.
- Pernille?
- Oh, yeah.
Yeah, we have Henrik in room 38.
He has epilepsy.
He took the wrong meds at home by mistake.
- Uh-huh.
- Viggo Holm Petersen in room 35.
Sixty-six years old,
had cancer for a while.
And his vitals are really bad.
So in the event
of cardiac arrest don't resuscitate.
- Okay, fine.
- Good. Here you are.
Ta.
Let's go then.
Hi.
- Hi.
- Hello.
My name is Pernille, one of the nurses.
I'm on shift here tonight.
Viggo got bladder cancer
a couple of years ago,
so his immune system's not at its best.
No, but he's on a course of antibiotics.
- Uh, that should make his fever go down.
- Yeah.
- Feeling any better, Viggo?
- Yeah.
Yeah, well,
it certainly looks better.
You won't get rid
of me any time soon.
So, um, we can go then?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you can go.
Yeah, you can say good night.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Night, Dad.
- Good night, darling.
Good night.
Night.
Did you actually watch it?
I thought it was a complete waste of time.
And would you believe,
it's actually Trine's favourite show.
Yeah,
but Trine has really weird taste.
In TV shows and in men.
Did you watch it to the end?
Yeah, but, uh, I never
really believed that he actually did it.
That's six hours
of my life I'll never get back.
No, it might be
because it was supposed
to be someone else.
- Hmm.
- I like Midsomer Murders best.
So then, what's going on?
- I feel like she's keeping an eye on me.
- Yeah?
She's looking at me oddly,
like I'm up to something, you know.
Do you think she's onto you?
No, no. She can't be.
Yeah, but look,
if you're feeling too uncomfortable,
we can leave it.
Uh, we can do this another time.
- No, we do it now.
- You sure?
- Yeah, I can do this.
- Okay.
- Marlene, are you actually serious?
- Yeah.
And I really like that every episode
is a new story.
And there are so many episodes,
it just goes on and on. I like that.
Really?
Well, I guess it's kind of good
that there's a new story each time.
- Yeah, exactly.
- Yeah.
What's going on?
I'll be right back.
Uh, so I think Anne Lise
from room 34 is feeling worse.
- What?
- Hmm.
Uh, you check on them then?
No, I'll go find Marlene.
Then we'll check.
I'll keep you posted.
I think Christina gave a patient diazepam.
Shit! Who?
Viggo Holm Petersen.
Okay, but did he go into cardiac arrest?
No, but his heart rhythm's unstable,
and oxygen's falling.
- And, uh, his breathing's difficult.
- Okay. Okay.
- And there's white liquid in the IV.
- Really?
- This is serious.
- Um, yeah, and I've removed it.
- Did you see her administer it?
- Uh, no.
Okay, but did you
see her leave the room then?
No.
Okay.
Okay, so what what are you saying?
It's great that you've got the IV,
but you need to prove
that she's the one administering it.
Otherwise, we have nothing
to give the police.
Pernille, you there?
Yeah,
but I have to go back to Viggo now.
Okay.
We have a death.
I'll get Marina.
Time of death, 8:30 p.m.
Can you take it from here?
Marina, can you come
with me to check on Anne Lise now?
Yes.
What's wrong with Anna Lise?
Her breathing's
really irregular.
You have to find proof
that she's the one doing it.
Record the hour of death as 8:37.
We've got two deaths.
- Who?
- Viggo Holm Petersen, Anne Lise Poulsen.
Okay.
I don't know
what the fuck she thinks she's doing.
I thought she put them into
cardiac arrest so she could save them.
In a mad kind of way, I understood it.
It made sense to me, to get attention
and to give her life some meaning.
But the two tonight,
we'd been told not to resuscitate
in the event of cardiac arrest,
so she just killed them.
It's like she has
to be as extreme as possible.
She's gone completely off the rails.
He's not breathing properly,
so you need to examine him right away.
Uh, Marlene, are you all right doing that?
I'm on it.
Hi. What's your name?
- Svend Mor.
- Svend.
We'll be right with you.
Wheel him in there, okay?
Okay.
Anyone there?
- Oh, hi, Maggi.
- Hi.
Hey, what are you doing here?
Well, my boyfriend Erik kindly packed
my iPad so I could play on it.
I want to play solitaire.
- Oh.
- But I can't find it.
Oh, right.
Well, then let's go to your room
and see if we can find it, okay?
It's right there.
Ah, silly me.
- I'm really sorry about that.
- It's really no problem.
You're so sweet.
- And, Maggi, next time
- Mm?
All you have to do is pull on here,
and we'll come.
- Yeah.
- Okay?
Have you got a fella?
Uh, yeah, kind of.
I really like mine.
Still has a licence, you know.
Get an emergency kit
for Svend. And get the defib!
Come on, come on, come on!
Get the adrenaline ready
and a big suction catheter.
- Let me do it.
- Yeah.
I'll take it from here.
Okay.
We don't have a shockable rhythm.
Continue compressions.
- Who do we have here?
- We have a COPD patient.
Admitted 15 minutes ago
with respiratory trouble.
Anything else?
Critical. Changing
from tachycardia to atrial fibrillation.
Now ventricular fibrillation,
no measurable pulse.
- Thanks.
- Rhythm check.
Stop heart compressions. Charging.
All clear. Mask clear.
Defibrillation.
Continue compressions.
We need adrenaline, one milligram.
Adrenaline.
Hey! Adrenaline. Adrenaline.
- I'll get ready to intubate.
- One milligram adrenaline.
- The adrenaline's injected.
- Charging.
All clear. Mask clear. Defibrillation.
Continue compressions.
Do we have a shockable rhythm?
Charging.
All clear, remove oxygen. Defibrillation.
How long has he been in cardiac arrest?
- Is there a pulse?
- No pulse.
Do we all agree that we stop?
Stop chest compressions.
Record time of death.
23:30.
Three deaths
on this fucking shift. It's unbelievable.
Yeah, poor you.
But you know what?
Some shifts are just plain horrible,
you know.
I just feel like
I could have done something.
Nothing you could have done.
You were amazing.
Hmm.
- We had a third death.
- For fuck's sake.
I looked
in the room for syringes
- But I couldn't find anything.
- Right.
I'm really worried
that she's found me out.
Okay.
I can't hold it together.
- I think she can sense it.
- Right.
Hi, Pernille.
Hi, Pia.
Oh, Marlene says goodbye.
She went straight home.
- Said you've had a crazy shift.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, you can say that again.
- Mm, that's shit.
Hi.
Hi.
Um his family are on their way here.
Will you help me prepare?
Yeah, of course I will.
Busy night
for the Dream Team, huh?
You okay?
Anything wrong?
No, no, no, no.
Uh, don't know what happened earlier.
It can happen to anyone.
I've run to over 200 alarms,
and it still gets to me.
- You really can't tell.
- Yeah.
It's 'cause I hide it well.
Oh.
I'm always afraid to fail.
We have a strange job, right?
One foot wrung is all it takes.
One foot wrung, someone dies.
Well, go find a room and take a nap.
The patient
has severe abdominal pain
and took paracetamol an hour ago.
- They told us room 36.
- It's my room. Take her there.
Will you find some sedatives for me?
Won't take long.
Karina, see if you can get some rest now.
We have a new patient.
A young woman.
- But I'm looking out for her.
- Good.
I can't let her kill again.
Hi, Maggi.
Hi.
- Shall I take that?
- Yeah.
Oh. Sleep tight.
Thank you, dear.
Hey! Maggi's gotten worse.
Maggi, what's wrong?
- I'm just a bit dizzy.
- We need to take blood samples.
It's me again.
Her heart's racing, chest pain.
And we need you here immediately.
No, now. It's urgent.
Yeah, thank you.
Does it hurt then?
No, just feel very dizzy.
Marina's so incompetent.
I called her, like, a thousand times.
It's unbelievable.
Thank you, about time.
So tell me,
how's she been this the evening?
I talked to her about an hour
and a half ago, and she was doing fine.
- What's she had?
- A sedative's all we gave her.
Her heart rate's unstable.
You need to get her to cardiac now.
It's not an option right now.
Can't you see that she's as sick as hell?
Hey! We need to get her checked.
- I'm not sure it's the heart.
- You can see very well it is the heart.
I'll just take a look at her chart.
I already
told you what the chart says.
I told you repeatedly over the phone.
Marina, I can't believe this!
Why won't you listen to me?
We need to refer this
to the cardiac department.
Do you feel any better?
- Yeah.
- Yeah? Good.
Where's Christina?
She, uh, left with Marina.
I think they're still fighting.
No one can figure out
what happened with Maggi.
Uh, who's with Maggi right now?
Well, no one.
It looks like the, uh, alarm is paused.
Maybe the crappy old thing's on the blink.
Want any help?
No, I'm fine.
Needed to fix something.
Oh. Um
Okay.
I just checked 38, so no need to go there.
Get the defib.
Pernille, the bag.
Get the bag!
- Yeah.
- We have Maggi Rasmussen.
She has a possible blood clot.
Okay.
She had atrial fibrillation, now flutter.
SAT of 60. Blood pressure was 100 over 60.
Now she's in respiratory arrest.
- Thanks.
- Oh!
- Come on!
- Okay.
Uh, yeah!
Rhythm check. All clear.
Her heart's still going.
Why was the alarm activated?
The patient's heart didn't stop.
Do we have her chart?
Yes, I have the chart here.
Look at the images.
Huh.
Ah, yes.
Afsane, can you see the shadow here?
Yeah.
It looks like
she had a brain haemorrhage,
which caused a cerebral trauma.
- Brain damage?
- Exactly.
- Then there's nothing more
- No more we can do. No.
Okay, we'll put her on terminal care
and inform her family.
- Let's pack up.
- I'll take out the defib.
Thank you.
Can I see those images again?
You're sure the antidote
to diazepam is flumazenil?
Yeah.
- Okay.
- Why?
- I saw her do it.
- What do you mean?
I saw Christina bending over Maggi
with syringes.
- What?
- But I think she panicked when I came in.
And accidentally pressed the button
before the cardiac arrest occurred,
and now the doctors think
she has brain damage,
but that makes no sense.
Could she have ended up like this
if she was given diazepam?
Why do you say that?
That's not in the chart.
Did you give it to her?
No, I didn't.
What are you looking for?
I'm just looking
at some old scans.
She had a blood clot some months back
and had a CT scan then.
Just comparing them to make sure
that everything's as it should be.
Can't be right.
It's the same shadow.
It's an old injury that she had back then.
She needs oxygen. Turn the machines on.
Yeah.
The antidote to diazepam. Get flumazenil!
Yeah, I'm on it.
- I'll take over.
- Yeah, thanks.
- Is the flumazenil there?
- Yeah, got it here.
She's breathing,
so I'll support with oxygen.
- Great. Thanks.
- Here.
Afsane, do it.
But so, was she given diazepam then?
Just do it.
I'm really thirsty.
Can I have a little drink?
Yes, of course you can.
- Maggi.
- Yeah.
- Do you know where you are?
- Yeah, I'm in hospital.
Yes, you are. Take a deep breath now.
Can you push against my hands?
That's good.
Well, she's ABC stable.
Well done.
Thanks.
You did it.
Impressive.
Some shift, huh?
Not one of those you forget.
Well, I, um,
I I get to see Nanna's gymnastics.
My parents are coming too.
Oh, I'm so excited.
Okay.
Well see ya.
I hear you had a crazy night.
I was right.
What?
I was right.
I saw her do it.
Hi.
Okay.
Vordingborg Police, Søren Ravn.
Hi, uh, I'm Pernille,
and I work
at Nykøbing Falster Hospital as a nurse.
How can I help?
I'm calling 'cause I think a colleague
killed three patients last night.
- Go on.
- She's terminal. She was in terminal care.
And we were asked not to resuscitate.
I also managed
to save a bag that I found.
Christina Aistrup Hansen?
Yeah.
It's 15:34, and you're under arrest.
What was that?
For the murder of Viggo Holm Petersen,
Svend Aage Petersen and Anne Lise Poulsen
and the attempted murder
of Maggi Margrethe Rasmussen.
Miss Hansen,
you now have the right to remain silent.
But it's a mistake.
And you'll be questioned later,
or you can have a lawyer present.
I really don't know
what you're talking about.
I didn't do it.
Can you go with my colleague?
The residents
of Nykøbing Falster
are shocked to learn about the suspicions
A suspicious death
at Nykøbing Falster Hospital.
It's a brutal case.
According to police,
a 30-year-old nurse
has killed a number of patients.
The nurse was reported
by a colleague after a night shift.
The case has already
caused immense concern among members
of the medical community.
The police's key witness
is another nurse.
And it's
a very serious charge.
The case
shocked staff and management.
The biggest murder case
in Danish healthcare history.
for a special report
on the deadly nurse from Nykøbing Falster.
You should stay home today.
Trial's on now.
It'll be on the front page everywhere.
Don't you worry about me.
- No one expects you to go to work.
- I'm fine, okay?
Yeah, it's just that I
If anyone at the department still
has an issue with me working there,
and if they don't wanna work
with me or talk to me,
it's their problem, not mine.
I just wanna go to work.
- There are donkeys less stubborn than you.
- Hmm.
- I found it. It was under the bed.
- Hey!
- Ah, you see?
- Well done.
- Okay.
- Come on, then.
Watch your fingers.
- I saw his post on Instagram.
- I saw it too.
- How about you?
- Hi.
NURSE - EMERGENCY 3
- Hi, Pernille.
- Hi.
A guy's come in who needs a blood test.
Can you do it?
- Yeah, of course.
- He's in room 38.
Okay.
Hi.
- Yeah, it'll save so much time.
- It's the way forward.
- It really will feel great.
- Mm.
Why do people put these on here?
Hi.
I'm here to take a blood sample.
Is that all right?
It'll hurt a little bit.
Well, yeah, well, I think I'll survive.
There.
So is your name Pernille?
Yeah.
Well, I want to thank you.
That's okay.
BASED PRIMARILY ON PERNILLE'S TESTIMONY,
CHRISTINA AISTRUP HANSEN WAS SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR THE MURDERS
OF VIGGO HOLM PETERSEN,
ANNA LISE POULSEN AND ARNE HERSKOV
AND FOR THE ATTEMPTED MURDER
OF MAGGI MARGRETHE RASMUSSEN.
IT COULD NOT BE RULED OU
THAT THE VICTIMS HAD DIED OF OTHER CAUSES,
SO THE VERDICT WAS REDUCED
TO FOUR COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER.
THE FINAL SENTENCE WAS 12 YEARS IN PRISON.
MAGGI MARGRETHE RASMUSSEN
IS STILL ALIVE AND WELL.
SO IS ARNE'S BROTHER, KENNY HERSKOV.
ALL NURSES FROM THE ER AT THAT TIME
HAVE MOVED ON TO DIFFERENT JOBS.
EXCEPT ONE.
PERNILLE KURZMANN STILL WORKS
AS A NURSE AT NYKØBING FALSTER HOSPITAL.
TODAY HER NAME IS
PERNILLE KURZMANN LUNDÉN.