Hawthorne

A strong and caring hospital nursing director and single mother negotiates the monumental challenges of her job while raising a smart, willful teenager.

A patient with a potentially fatal aneurysm believes Christina is his wife and confesses to having an affair.

An overprotective young mother is suspected of poisoning her infant daughter; Christina looks to keep an old woman on life support long enough for her son to say his last goodbyes.

As Christina uncovers a rare disorder that could place an accident victim and her young son in grave danger, Bobbie is pressed to counsel a young woman facing the loss of an arm.

Ray is ordered to keep Amanda Hawthorne's upcoming biopsy a secret, while Christina challenges the hospital's star surgeon over a delicate brain operation for a longtime patient.

The ER is overwhelmed by an unexpected crush of new patients; Christina worries when Camille arrives at the hospital with a classmate who's suffering from a possible drug overdose.

During a 24-hour shift, Christina discovers that a young mother-to-be has promised her baby to two different couples who are paying to adopt.

Christina and Tom struggle to save the staff from a round of devastating budget cuts, a critical decision about a stroke victim's treatment places Kelly at odds with Dr. Marshall.

As Ray worries that his encounter with Dr. Marshall is creating problems with Candy, Christina and Tom disagree over including her close friend David Gendler in a cancer drug trial