Student Nurses Longhurst and Rutherford both have clashes with authority. In an appraisal, Sister Easby accuses Nurse Longhurst of getting too involved with patients and lacking detachment. She takes these accusations very badly, feeling that she has been misjudged and victimized by an unfair appraisal system. Meanwhile, Nurse Rutherford is irritated by what she sees as unnecessary, irrelevant teaching, and nursing lecturer Miss Windrup targets her for her perceived lack of attentiveness.
—Alan Briscoe