Malicious Intent: The Deadly Nurse Kristen

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The other nurses were suspicious of the number of deaths and a dwindling supply of epinephrine while Kristen was working. Kristen had even asked her supervisor if the patient she was in charge of died that night, if she could go home. The supervisor said yes, and shortly after the patient was dead and Kristen went on a date with Glenn. 350 patients died the 7 years Kristen was a nurse at the hospital. During an investigation into the alarming death rate, Kristen tried to kill herself. While recovering in the hospital, she confessed to James that she had killed patients. Kristen disguised her voice with a toy voice changer and called the hospital and told James that there were three bombs in the hospital. This caused the hospital to …show more content…

This is why Kristen behaved impulsively and hurt others, had unstable emotional responses, and had unstable relationships. Her narcissistic personality disorder would explain her need to be a hero and have attention. According to the DSM-5 criteria, the symptoms include Having an exaggerated sense of self-importance, expecting to be recognized as superior even without achievements that warrant it, exaggerating your achievements and talents, being preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate, believing that you are superior and can only be understood by or associate with equally special people, requiring constant admiration, having a sense of entitlement, taking advantage of others to get what you want, having an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others, being envious of others and believing others envy you, and behaving in an arrogant or haughty manner. This can be brought on by an abuse parental relationship, or biological factors (Mayo Clinic, 2016). Kristen showed the existence of these symptoms by the way she treated her family, friends and co-workers. It is especially evident in the way she killed without any conscience and expected her co-workers to look up to her and did seem to care if she hurt …show more content…

She was rejected by her peers, did not bond with her sister, and associated with antisocial peers (Phelps, 2014). Being rejected by classmates is one of the most common cause of antisocial behavior. The quality of peer interaction is directly related to the relationship a child has with their parents. Kristen also increased her chances of antisocial and delinquent behavior by hanging out with troubled peers. She was trying to replace the family bonding she did not have at home by hanging out with other teenagers she felt she could relate to. Examples of some biological factors that can lead to violent behavior include heart rate, brain chemistry, biochemicals, brain chemistry, and seizure disorders (Bartol & Bartol, 2014). Unfortunately, I was not able to find any evidence of these factors to apply or discount them as part of her criminal

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