Ep 9. Elizabeth Wettlaufer

The episode titled "Elizabeth Wettlaufer" takes a closer look at the case of a former nurse who has been charged with multiple counts of murder. Elizabeth Wettlaufer had been working as a registered nurse in various Canadian long-term care homes when she was found to have committed crimes against her elderly patients. The episode takes a deep dive into her background, motives, and the events that led to her arrest.

Viewers get to know Elizabeth, who appeared to lead a normal life yet harbored a dark secret. Using interviews with family members, colleagues, patients' families, and law enforcement officials, the episode explores the impact the murders had on the families of the victims and the overall healthcare system. The episode delves into how Elizabeth's actions reflected broader issues affecting the health care industry such as understaffing, lack of training and accountability.

The episode begins by exploring early signs of Elizabeth's behavior as a nurse, such as reported medication errors and irregularities in patients' vital signs. The episode then follows her career, investigating what led her down the path of committing murder. The episode deep-dives into the culture of neglect and isolation in Long-term care settings, the impact of nurse shortages, and the lack of regulatory oversight, contributing factors that enabled her to continue to harm her patients undetected.

As the investigation of Elizabeth Wettlaufer began to unfold, her case became one of the most significant cases of a nurse killing patients in Canadian history. Through interviews with lawyers and law enforcement experts, viewers learn how the case was built, and how Elizabeth was eventually caught and brought to face justice.

Overall, the episode provides an in-depth analysis of the Elizabeth Wettlaufer case, demonstrating how the impacts of nurse's actions have lasting effects on patients, families, the increasing role of technology and the need for professional accountability. The episode underscores the need for more stringent regulations to prevent instances of murder by ill-intentioned nurses and offers a cautionary tale of what could happen when nurses are not held accountable for their actions.

Nurses Who Kill Season 2 episode 9 titled "Elizabeth Wettlaufer" is an intense and riveting episode that gives viewers a rare behind the scenes glimpse of murder by a nurse in a healthcare setting. It highlights the need for better regulation and closely examines the impact of behaviour that flourishes in under resourced healthcare environments, thus serving as an urgent wake up to the healthcare system and citizens to pay attention to institutional short comings that enable such heinous acts to occur.