One chapter that was particularly fascinating to me was chapter 2 called Getting my Feet Wet. In this chapter, Theresa Brown has a patient who’s back splits open. This shows all of the odd occurrences that can happen in the nursing field. Brown’s patient’s back split open due to such a large build up of fluid. The pressure was too great for his skin to hold all the fluid in so it just split. Brown called a code on this patient who ended up being okay. She describes in that moment how her only concern was her patient. She wasn’t focused on anything besides keeping him as safe as possible…