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A review by nancyadelman
The Nurse: Inside Denmark's Most Sensational Criminal Trial by Kristian Corfixen
4.0
This is the story of Christina Hansen, a Registered Nurse who worked at Nykobing Falster hospital in Denmark. She worked on an inpatient ward, M130, and later in the A&E unit and seemed to have the worst luck of any nurse in the building. Patients on her unit would drop dead or suddenly develop severe breathing problems causing their death, but only on her shift or the days she worked. On her days off, or when she left for the day, the patients improved. Ultimately another Registered Nurse came forward to report that she thought Christina was causing the deaths of these patients. This book is all about Nurse Christina and her patients and the crimes she was tried for and convicted of.
This was a really interesting book, because it was interesting to see the true crime details for a different country, but also the medical aspects of a different country as well. The author does a great job of telling the story without getting bogged down in details. Apparently in Denmark, a defendant's case is presented before 3 judges and a jury of 6, and they have to agree or be unanimous. Danish prison sounds more nice too, with curtains and refrigerators. On the medical side, patients have their own rooms in the hospital but everyone shares a common toilet. Crash carts aren't a thing there though: they have to get the emergency medications from a special box in the supply room or the defibrillator or whatever they need separately. Nurses even get a sleeping break in the middle of the shift. There's a lot we could learn from the Danish.
This was a great book and never got boring or tedious. I quite enjoyed it. I am giving it four stars .
This was a really interesting book, because it was interesting to see the true crime details for a different country, but also the medical aspects of a different country as well. The author does a great job of telling the story without getting bogged down in details. Apparently in Denmark, a defendant's case is presented before 3 judges and a jury of 6, and they have to agree or be unanimous. Danish prison sounds more nice too, with curtains and refrigerators. On the medical side, patients have their own rooms in the hospital but everyone shares a common toilet. Crash carts aren't a thing there though: they have to get the emergency medications from a special box in the supply room or the defibrillator or whatever they need separately. Nurses even get a sleeping break in the middle of the shift. There's a lot we could learn from the Danish.
This was a great book and never got boring or tedious. I quite enjoyed it. I am giving it four stars .