Newly divorced and her daughter in remission, Nina gets a job as a nurse apprentice. On her first day on the job she questions a diagnosis of the head internal medicine doctor, her ex-husband.
Nina saves a surgeon (his life and his reputation) who she caught having sex with a very young nurse apprentice, but everyone believes the story to be different.
Nina becomes attached to Louise, a young obese patient who is treated casually by Dr Proust. Proust is convinced that all of Louise's problems are caused by her weight issues.