Episode
Nurses: Achilles Heel
Overview
Ashley receives an ultra-religious patient who is willing to put himself at peril to appease God, forcing Ashley to reconsider her own religious past. Naz supports a pregnant patient through the hardest decision of her life.
Details
- Series
- Nurses
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2020-02-24
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Achilles Heel is Episode 8 in Season 1 of Nurses. It aired on 2020-02-24. The runtime is 45 min.
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