The Unravelling of Nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer - The Fifth Estate

The crazy thing is, this is probably way more common than we think, because we rarely ask questions when someone elderly or sick dies.

I'm a nurse on night shift right now....I like my patients alive thank you. How horrible that this lady was able to do this.

A couple weeks ago, I was told by my dog sitter that her father was a victim. You can literally “feel” the trauma in her recounting of this. I honestly think her entire life was destroyed.

Please explain to me what about her seems “energetic” and “new”? She’s a sloppy mess.

I had a 20+ career in nursing and I can't understand how anyone can stand by a bed and look at a human being with malice in mind.

she looked 55 years old in her high school pictures

She admitted to 8 , how many more were murdered ?

It's fascinating to me how the fifth estate is shining such a positive light on the intentions and environment of care homes. They are brutally under staffed, and the caregivers they employ are severely over worked and under paid, all while getting physically and emotionally abused by the people they're caring for and the ones they work for. Care homes run these ways are a breading ground for abuse and neglect. You got a real good glimpse of the truth about care homes during covid.

Why on earth you leave only one person in the night to care for other people. No managers around, no monitor, no nothing. Perfect environment for predators.

I think the Minion scrubs should have been the first warning sign.

She committed some pretty heinous crimes but I'll always remember her for the very audible fart she let loose during her interrogation.

Why didn't this show interview any coworkers? I'm positive the places she worked at received complaints from other staff, and they were ignored.

my mom worked w/ this lady. it still gives me chills to this day.

The real question is-how many were killed by her god awful poetry?

She waived her right to a preliminary hearing, and confessed to all charges in court on June 1, 2017. On June 26, 2017, Wettlaufer was sentenced to eight concurrent life terms in prison, with no possibility of parole for 25 years.

What is scary is if she never told anyone, she would of kept doing this and probably have never been caught!

I live in the US. I have been a registered nurse for 40 years (I am 62). There are good nurses and their are bad nurses. Just like in every profession. But in my profession we have the responsibility of caring for the sick and dying and for advocating for our patients. In the years that I have been in this profession, overwhelmingly, that has been the case. As nurses we often feel that we are the voice for the patients and their families when they cannot, for what ever reason, speak for themselves. We must be their voice. In my years I have fired nurses for failing to live up to the high standards that I expected of them. I wanted my departments to provide excellent care, not just good care. I wanted my staff to be well trained. I wanted them to take pride in their jobs. And they did. We had few patient complaints, very low rates of complications, and an excellent reputation within the community. Each year polls show that nurses are still one of the most trusted professions. So when I see something like this, I am deeply offended. Because it reflects very poorly on the profession. Long term care (nursing homes) can be a problem. Low pay, long hours, no training. In the past women did not work outside the home. When a family member became ill they stayed at home and a family member, usually the female in the home, cared for that person. Now with families requiring a two person income, most cannot keep relatives at home. And home care is VERY expensive and is not usually covered well by medicare/ medicaid. So what are the options? As a society we have to decide where our priorities are. The elderly and sick are viewed as disposable. They don't matter. Someone has to advocate for them.

I sometimes wonder why some people become nurses. I see so many of them hate their jobs. It is so troubling. Do something else if you hate it so much. A lot of them have bad attitudes and are rude, sarcastic, and careless. Then again Ive seen some outstanding nurses.

“An energetic new nurse”— bruh.

This got me pissed off. You only get one life and theirs was snuffed out by her evil acts I'm outraged fr