A Danish hospital in the 1950s embarks on a radical experiment: training men a nurses.

The male students face expulsion for carelessly cleaning equipment.

Erik volunteers in the polio ward as Anna uncovers a patient's embarrassing secret.

Susanne and Anna are at odds over how to treat a burn patient.

Susanne realizes she might have to leave the program and Erik ends up treating his own father.

Erik feels like a misfit as the probationary period comes to an end.