But words failed me. After my previous articles declaring hope, resilience, and the beauty of nursing, writing a litany of complaints felt shameful. “Patients feel anxious. Relatives feel frustrated.

Nurses voted overwhelmingly to reject the first pact earlier this month and some indicated privately Friday that they plan to ...

For Liz Kuntz, a nursing supervisor at Sterling Regional MedCenter, some of the frustration comes from the wide range of symptoms patients present. “The hard part with a lot of these patients is ...