Edith experiences good and bad days as she shows moderate signs of dementia. Today, her words are just a jumble of sounds that seem to mock her. “Mom, what are you trying to say?” her daughter Lily asked. But the more Edith tried, the less Lily understood, and all Edith could do was scream in […]
The Scenario: Code Brown and the Mysterious Tube It’s 6:37 a.m. You’re on hour 11 of a 12-hour night shift. You walk into Room 204, and Mr. Lewis—your sweet-but-complex post-op patient—is tangled in a sea of tubes. Suddenly, a tech yells: “Hey, do you know what this drain is connected to? It’s leaking!” And in […]


