Here, they had numbers attached to observations, treatment, and a bed assignment.

I was grateful for all of it.

Elena finished her handoff, removed her gloves, and transferred the notes she had made during the call into her patient-care report.

“You wrote on the gloves?” I asked.

“When things move quickly, I use what I can see.”

She held one away from me before disposing of it according to hospital procedure.

“Then I enter it properly.

A marker note doesn’t replace the report.”