31.   Nurse said Hartford needs to move beyond a hurtful political mentality in which the city is balkanized by race or by the ethnicities of its neighborhoods.

32.   Nurses said Mrs. McCaughey was able to visit the babies several hours after the delivery.

33.   Nurses said she refused to eat and kept trying to pull the tube out.

34.   Nurses say working conditions in hospitals are a major reason for the shortage.

35.   Nurses said Daniel, who was born three to five weeks premature, had a dangerously low temperature when he arrived.

36.   Nurses said they joked about the number of deaths, the police said.

37.   Nurses said that that equipment had been broken for months, and union leaders reacted to the charges with indignation.

38.   Nurses say that such situations will become more common as their ranks are spread increasingly thin.

39.   Nurses say their negotiations are deadlocked over several issues including wages, retirement benefits and having more of a say in staffing levels.

40.   Nurses say they were concerned that hospital administrators would have the ability to decide what could be delegated.