Theresa Brown, a nurse in the oncology department of a city hospital, invites you to spend 12 intense hours of her shift with her—just one work day out of many. Four seriously ill patients are at the center of her attention, as well as the concerns of loved ones, doctors and their methods of treatment, and a multitude of duties—one more urgent than the next. This compelling account of a single day in the life of a compassionate but far too busy nurse lets you look at one of the busy “worker bees” of the medical world and appreciate all their work, which is often overlooked.