On National Nurses' Day, the nurses are severely understaffed and overworked. Cain performs a dangerous surgery on a new patient. Conrad discovers that his father has been administered the same drug that he fears played a role in Jessie's death.

Devon and Irving are inundated with patients in the ER. When an A-list celebrity enters the hospital after swallowing a wishbone, Logan Kim assigns a new surgeon to the case in the hopes of garnering extra publicity.