1.  Before, the nursing director was five people removed from the top.

2.  Smith soon called a friend, Pam Davidson, who recently had become nursing director of Delmar Gardens near the college.

3.  The former nursing director figured she was axed, because she was on the top end of the pay scale and the hospital was trying to cut costs.

4.  The investigation summary notes that the post of nursing director went unfilled for a year and did not have enough authority.