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Nurse Jackie

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Season 7, Episode 12

6 medical diagnoses portrayed

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Glioblastomasupporting

Also known as: GBM, terminal brain cancer

Bernie has stage four glioblastoma and is in the hospital on his last day, choosing to spend time near people. He has informed his ex-wives about his terminal diagnosis.

Nurse Jackie — S07E12Patient: Bernie (Dr. Bernard Prince)
Recurring storyline
Appendicitissupporting

Also known as: Inflamed appendix

A patient presents requiring appendectomy, but must be transported to another hospital as All Saints' OR is closed during the hospital's final hours of operation.

Syncopesupporting

Also known as: Fainting

A 46-year-old male patient fainted at work two hours after his last meal. A glucose tolerance test is ordered to evaluate for potential hypoglycemia or metabolic cause.

Nurse Jackie — S07E12Patient: Donald (formerly 'God')

Also known as: Heroin addiction

Soft tissue infectionTrack marks

A patient presents with injection drug use complications, having been injecting heroin between their toes. The patient is in crisis after assaulting someone with a brick and being pursued by their victim. Jackie arranges transfer to Bellevue for ongoing care.

Lacerationsupporting

Also known as: Cut

A patient arrives with a bleeding head wound after being assaulted with a brick. He becomes violent in the ER, brandishing a gun while searching for his assailant, before being talked down by Bernie.

Also known as: Narcotic overdose

Respiratory depression

In the episode's climactic final scene, Jackie collapses and becomes unresponsive at the hospital closing party. Staff rush to provide emergency care including oxygen and IV access, calling for transfer to Bellevue. This represents Jackie's relapse culminating in a life-threatening overdose on the series finale.

Nurse Jackie — S07E12Patient: Jackie Peyton
Recurring storyline