21.   But many nurses say the reductions have hurt patient care.

22.   But many traditional nurses say they are appalled by having more patients to watch, relying on aides to take up the slack.

23.   But some nurses say they are nervous that more technology means less need for their skills in the operating room.

24.   But sometimes, nurses say, stoic veterans try to be an army of one.

25.   But nurses say the reductions have outpaced the number of beds that have been eliminated, so there are far fewer nurses per patient now.

26.   But, the nurses say, one or more nondrug methods will be found to help a child in any situation.

27.   Her mother told her that a delivery room nurse said Robinson would never want for anything, and doors would be opened for her throughout her life.

28.   In his deposition, the nurse said he had never seen excessive force used on inmates, but if he had, he might be reluctant to report it.

29.   In interviews here and aound the country, school nurses uniformly said their jobs were changing because American life had changed.

30.   Many of the babies are oddly quiet, lethargic with dehydration, the nurses say.