Joan Morgan has left her position at Elmdale Hospital because of an emotional involvement and grief over the death of a young patient. She obtains employment as superintendent of nurses at Hillcrest Hospital and meets the administrator, Dr. Niles. Her roommate in the dormitory is a young nures, Kathy Kirk. Joan tries to encourage Tom, a young boy who has been seriously injured in an accident, but she is reprimanded by Dr. Desmond and Dr. Niles, and is criticized by Kathy.
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