Edie Falco is back in another exciting episode of Showtime’s original series, Nurse Jackie. In Episode 4, or “School Nurse”,  a 7-year-old boy is rushed to All Saints Hospital after falling from playground equipment. Zoey tries to comfort the boy’s mother and twin brother, which stirs up memories for “Mo Mo” whose twin brother died when he was 1-year-old.

Grace’s school calls and wants to have a conference with Jackie and Kevin to discuss Grace’s unusual behavior in class and when they get to the school, Jackie receives a text message from Eddie that he says he is horny.  Jackie passes it off to Kevin as a patient dying.  Grace’s teacher, school nurse and school psychologist are fearful that grace may be suffering from Chronic anxiety disorder because the picture she drew of the family had dark colors and no sun up in the sky. Also that Grace has to walk around her desk in class three times before sitting down or “planes will fall out of the sky”.

It is suggested that Grace be evaluated and possibly put on medication which sends Jackie up the wall that just because a kid acts a little differently, right away it automatically means they need to be on medication.  Afterwords, Kevin and Jackie discuss tightening their belts and putting Grace in a private school.  One more text from Eddie later and Jackie tells Kevin she needs to get back to the hospital, where en route she buys a second cell phone just for Eddies calls.

Back at All Saints, Dr. O’hara has some good news for the mother and twin brother of the boy who suffered his playground injury, thereby incurring the uncomfortable (for her) gratitude from his twin brother.

Nearby, Zoey is complaining that she never gets to treat any patients of her own, so when the next patient, an elderly woman from a skilled nursing facility comes in, she finally gets her chance.  The woman has a DNR and depite all her best efforts, Zoey gets and loses her first patient.  Jackie notices this and offers, “It’s never easy. And if it becomes easy it’s time to quit.”

That’s life in Jackie’s world!

Until Next time!

Michael Queenstown

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