The only disservice the movie does is actually telling the extent of what he did and limit really showing how long he got away with murdering patients and how messed up he and his life was. The book was so good and so detailed and I wish the movie was a miniseries instead to go into details.

Cullen started nursing in 1986 but wasn't caught until 2003. He is thought to potentially have started killing as early as his first job. He may have a kill count of over 400 patients. He was shuffled between like 9 different hospitals. Many of which knew he may have or actually harmed or killed a patient but just let him leave instead of doing anything about it.

The movie really only focuses on his last hospital, because Amy played such a vital role in him finally getting caught. But that last hospital dragged their feet, waited months to report the patient death they were legally required to report, and hindered the investigation at all steps to protect themselves. And he killed many patients in that time frame.

Cullen himself was very troubled, had alcohol issues, psych issues, attempted suicide multiple times by swallowing a bottle of pills but then calling 911 or going to the ER himself. Was an animal abuser, stalked a girlfriend, arrested multiple times.

That may be the wage now, but definitely not in 2003, when this took place. And factor in being a single mom, with a medical conditions she had for a while with expensive tests and specialists and medications, plus a house and a babysitter she has to pay. I can very much believe she would struggle to make ends meet. Nurses only recently are starting to be paid a wage that reflects the work we put in.

It's 2003, she is a single mom of two kids, she lives in a house in new york, lives on a single salary, has to pay a babysitter, nurses definitely weren't making bank back then, plus she had a medical condition that required expensive tests, specialists, and medications that all cost a lot of money.

So yea, I'd say the struggle was pretty accurate.

And in many states, they are making very little more than some retail places. Nurses in states like Florida still start out making on the $20s an hour.

She was a single mom of 2 kids in new york, with a house and babysitter and a single income, plus a medical conditions with high out of pocket expenses. It was 100% accurate. And as a nurse, we definitely do not always have excellent benefits...especialy when you add in lots of medical bills and medications. And this was 2003, not 2022.

And 9 hospitals shuffled this nurse around for like 15 years, many knowing he was responsible for killing or harming patients but couldn't prove it or didn't want the liability, so they let him be hired by the next hospital. Then the last hospital covered up once they found fowl play and only finally went to the cops months later because they legally had to, and slowed down the investigation by not being forthcoming with results and information....which resulted in many more deaths. He potentially killed over 400 patients over his life as a nurse, makes him the most prolific serial killer in America.

You should read the book, it goes into so much detail on his entire life, every hospital he worked at, his psych history, suicide attempts, alcohol abuse, domestic violence, stalking, multiple arrests, animal abuse, the cover ups by the hospitals, how he got away with being shuffled around.

They had so much content to use, I wish they made this a mini series instead!!! Would have been even better!!

She was turning the patient on their side to relieve pressure on the tail bone, which can lead to a pressure ulcer or beadsore. Patients who can't move themselves must be manually turned every couple hours to shift pressure off boney parts of the bodies. You should never ever turn a patient yourself because you can injury yourself, but people do it because of short staffing.

Lot of people turn patients on their own, unfortunately.

I thought the general running of the codes were accurate but expedited/simplified. At least they included pulse checks, breathing, compressions, epi, more than most shows do. But yea, could have been more accurate. But definitely words better than any other medical movie or tv show I've seen. Especially using accurate equipment, like the trach ties, the correct vent tubing, correct rhythm during the code.

Probably meant criminal repercussions. They settled on civil cases. No charges were brought to any hospital. However, many laws were changed in those and other states to prevent someone moving from hospital to hospital like he did without reporting.

Probably to add some dramatic effects but also, hospitals at night, or at least my ICUs, are usually pretty dark. Lights should be off in the hallways and nurses station to allow patients to sleep. So they got that accurate to real life.

I wish it was a mini series!! The book was long and had so much information, about his childhood to young adult to nursing school and every hospital he worked in. Plus his alcoholism, a struggle with multiple suicide attemps and psych issues (he'd swallow a bottle of pills and then call 911 right after), interpersonal and personal relationships (animal abuse, domestic violence, stalking). They had so much content to create a really good miniseries and it would have made an even bigger inpact on how fucked up this guy was! And how long he got away with this!

The book was so good!! Goes into all the hospitals he worked with, his childhood, young adult, nursing school life, his start of nursing and all the units. Plus much more details on the "internal investigations" and the cover up by the hospitals. It's impossible to prove, but if he really killed over 400 patients like they think we may have, he'd be the most prolific serial killer in America.

Also accurate medicine! The codes, while shortened and missing a lot of the finer details, were decently legit. The medical equipment was used accurately on patient, the vitals on the monitors were correct. It was a refreshing to see medicine portrayed how it should be, with all the shows like Greys and House that are so far beyond incorrect and countless medical scenes in all aspects of television and movies using incorrect equipment, terminology, and data.

There's an anesthesiologist in America who was arresyed for killing patients by spiking saline bags during surgeries!