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Nurse Jackie

Nurse JackieShowtime

Season 3, Episode 10

5 medical diagnoses portrayed

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Also known as: Anxiety disorder

Trichotillomania (hair pulling)NightmaresIntrusive thoughts

Grace, Jackie's 11-year-old daughter, asks her parents and psychiatrist if she can go on medication for severe anxiety. She experiences racing thoughts, intrusive thoughts about animals and fire, nightmares, and fear of pulling her hair out again. The psychiatrist prescribes low-dose Xanax for spot treatment rather than an SSRI.

Nurse Jackie — S03E10Patient: Grace Peyton
Recurring storyline

Also known as: Scratched cornea

A patient presents with a corneal abrasion sustained when a three-month-old baby he was holding scratched his eye. The injury was discovered when he woke up the following morning.

Zygoma fracturesupporting

Also known as: Fractured cheekbone

Mr. Finch presents with a suspected fractured cheekbone requiring CT scan evaluation, presumably from trauma sustained in a fight with fraternity boys while collecting signatures for lemur conservation.

Nurse Jackie — S03E10Patient: Mr. Finch
Nephrolithiasissupporting

Also known as: Kidney stones

A patient in exam room six requires morphine for pain management related to a kidney stone. The case is mentioned briefly during the episode's subplot about Jackie being unable to dispense medications.

Also known as: Drug addiction in recovery

NauseaSweatingWithdrawal symptoms

Jackie is one week into sobriety from prescription opioids (Percocet, Vicodin, Oxycodone). She experiences withdrawal symptoms including nausea and sweating, and faces scrutiny at work when HR suspects someone in the ED of abusing narcotics, leading to her being banned from dispensing medications.

Nurse Jackie — S03E10Patient: Jackie Peyton
Recurring storyline