Southern sweetheart Tammy Tyree (Sandra Dee) takes her search for love to Los Angeles. A matronly friend of hers requires heart surgery, and so naturally Tammy goes along as moral support. To cover her expenses, the effervescent girl takes a job at the local hospital as a nurse's assistant. Before long, she becomes smitten with hunky physician Dr. Mark Cheswick (Peter Fonda). At the same time, she does her best to galvanize the romantic lives of some of the hospital's residents.