Nurse Janet Pritchert Character Analysis in Everything, Everything

The nurse Mom hires to replace Carla. Maddy recognizes that Nurse Janet is authoritative and delights in being more of an authority and less of a friend, as Carla was. She’s a fan of leaving disgustingly cheesy sticky notes for Maddy telling her to lighten up and smile, none of which go over well. Maddy sometimes refers to her as Nurse Evil.

Nurse Janet Pritchert Character Timeline in Everything, Everything

The timeline below shows where the character Nurse Janet Pritchert appears in Everything, Everything. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

Maddy shows the reader her weekly calendar. Mom held interviews for a new nurse, and Nurse Janet is scheduled to start on Monday. One night, after a game of Honor Pictionary, Mom... (full context)

Maddy describes her new nurse as “an unsmiling despot with a nursing degree” named Janet Pritchert . She insists on being called Nurse Janet, and Maddy fixates on the fact that... (full context)

The next day, Nurse Janet ’s sticky note reads that moping is unhealthy and says that she expects three smiles... (full context)

...for Olly in the morning joyfully, but despairs once he goes to school. She ignores Nurse Janet and does schoolwork during the day, and then waits for Olly to get home. She... (full context)

...the librarian to his math homework. Maddy wallows and settles into a grudging routine with Nurse Janet . She finds that she’s jealous of Olly’s life, even though he insists that high... (full context)