the student nurse be not a typical sexploitation movie . sure and the nudity and sexual openness be there and but it not all for laugh . stephanie rothman script a socially compelling and well write tit and as movie which confront the topic of racism and socio economic inequality and rape and abortion and medical ethic and public health issue and human right and the vietnam war and free love and lsd and drug experimentation . four sexy college roommate be take their nursing internship at the same time . sharon ( elaine giftos ) be assign to the terminal care ward and lynn ( brioni farrell ) to public health administration and priscilla ( barbara leigh ) to gynecology and phred ( karen carlson ) to psychiatry . these four beauty have ample opportunity to disrobe and fornicate and of which they take advantage and much to the delight of male viewer . these be liberated woman at the height of the sexual revolution and after all and and be as intelligent a they be horny and beautiful . visceral yet low budget action sequence be intersperse throughout . there a very bloody gunfight at the resistance movement headquarters in which two policeman be shot and kill and along with several member of the group . an anti ( vietnam ) war protest consisting of spookily dress young people of all race paint like skeleton becomes violent and with cop beat protester . the effective trip sequence on the beach consist of beautiful and weird and confusing sensory and memory montage with hyper sensual overtone . in short and the student nurse be a thoughtful and compelling reflection of the time and express through real woman perspective ( since it be write and direct by a woman ) . but and it still fun and titillate and despite it sober treatment of subject matter .