81. Private nurses have been available for hire in hospitals for decades, markers of affluence much as household servants might be. 82. Public health nurses are on the lookout for children who could have adverse reactions to the injections, including hives, rashes and, in rare cases, fever. 83. Skilled nurses are in such short supply that hospital administrators are looking outside the country for help. 84. Speaking to the crowd, Rivera stressed how poorly paid nurses, orderlies and home care attendants are. 85. Soon the nurse is pregnant. 86. The averages include intensive care units where there is one nurse for every one or two patients around the clock. 87. The deluges have also caused epidemics of malaria and cholera, overburdening a creaking health care system at a time when nurses were on strike. 88. The fetus goes into distress while the nurse is off duty and dies. 89. The nurses here are always good. 90. The nurse is still accountable for the care of the patients on a hospital floor, but she is now a team leader and coach. |