Nurses on the Ward - Episode Guide

At Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, an engaging, funny and dedicated team of nurses reveal the realities of life on the ward. Paediatric nurse Mahbuba treats a girl with a brain tumour.

Paediatric nurse Mahbuba deals with a baby who can't breathe, while Rebecca treats a deaf cardiac patient and military nurse Scott cares for a struggling asthmatic.

Renal nurse Neil treats a 19-year-old whose kidney transplant is failing. Matron Hazera responds to two emergencies and on the surgical ward, Kat cares for a man recovering from a bowel cancer operation.

In Queen Alexandra Hospital's Critical Care Unit, one of Advanced Nurse Practitioner Caroline's patients is deteriorating rapidly. George, who had a heart attack three days ago, has a dangerous build-up of fluid on his lungs. She decides the only way to save his life is to put him on a ventilator, but it's not without risks; this could also cause his heart to stop. Caroline must make a very difficult call to George's wife to explain the perilous situation.

Renal nurse Neil treats a dialysis patient with a blood clot on the brain, Midwife Amy delivers a baby with a falling heart rate and Matron Hazera's [pictured] last shift before her holiday isn't going to plan.

In Paediatrics, Mahbuba investigates why a two-year-old has such a high temperature, Cardiac nurse Rebecca prepares for an emergency admission and Kat cares for a woman after breast cancer surgery.

Paediatric nurse Mahbuba is called to an emergency – a toddler gasping for breath; Rebecca [pictured] cares for a patient with chronic heart failure and Military Nurse Scott treats a man after a heart attack.

Cardiac nurse Rebecca cares for a man whose organs are failing; Midwife Amy delivers a high-risk mother's late baby, and in Critical Care, Caroline treats a patient recovering from a month-long coma.

In Critical Care, Caroline treats an unvaccinated Covid patient who's been in a coma for two weeks; Matron Hazera assesses a deep tissue injury and Kat cares for a man in pain after kidney stone surgery.

Matron Hazera is called to save a person standing on the edge of a building, nurse Kat treats a woman with suspected Ovarian cancer and senior nurse Neil's young renal patient needs gruelling dialysis.

New Emergency Department Matron Steph and Critical Care Advanced Practitioner Caroline fight to save the life of car crash patient and midwife Amy delivers a baby with a falling heart rate.

Matron Hazera responds to an emergency and battles to find enough staff; 22-year-old Sister Renee treats a patient with a flare-up of ulcerative colitis and Palliative Care nurse Sarah cares for a terminally ill patient.

Matron Steph trials a system to see patients quicker in ED, Sister Renee supports a young woman with anorexia & Nurse Practitioner Rhona cares for Raymond, a patient with suspected sepsis.

Caroline treats stroke patient Maureen, Nurse Consultant Sarah helps terminally ill cancer patient Siobhan get her pain under control & Midwives Amy and Katie deliver a perfect birth.

Matron Steph & nurse James treat some very sick extremely ill patients on the busiest shift Steph has seen in the emergency dept, whilst Orthopaedic nurse Caitlin cares for a good Samaritan in a lot of pain.

It's Halloween, and Matron Hazera is having a staffing nightmare, ED Matron Steph meets an abusive patient in police custody, and Amy helps deliver premature identical twins via c-section.

Midwife Amy deals with a serious emergency during birth; Caroline must rapidly help her patient breathe again & oncology nurse Rhona treats Keith, who may have a life-threatening infection.

Three young newly qualified twenty-something nurses, Sister Renee, Staff Nurse Caitlin and Military Nurse James cope with the pressures of working for the NHS and finding a work-life balance.

Caroline treats a father of four with severe pancreatitis, Rhona restores a patient's health with a large blood transfusion, and Sarah cares for a mum with incurable stomach cancer.

Three newly-qualified nurses Renee, Caitlin and Military Nurse James cope with the pressures of working for the NHS and finding a work-life balance.