I'm often the very first person to see what's wrong, or wonderfully right, inside a patient. It's right there on my screen before anyone else knows. But it's not my place to say a word, so I hold that knowing behind a calm face and hand it up the chain. Carrying what I see and never being the one to tell them is its own quiet weight.
More people experience this than they realize.
You're the first to know, and never the one allowed to tell.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.