Nursing Shortages Limiting Available Hospital Beds

Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Sophie Quinton Nurse Hannah Drummond routinely must watch patients for hours as they lie in the emergency department, waiting for a hospital bed upstairs. That includes patients so ill they use breathing machines or need hospice or intensive care, she said.

Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Sophie Quinton Nurse Hannah Drummond routinely must watch patients for hours as they lie in the emergency department, waiting for a hospital bed upstairs. That includes patients so ill they use breathing machines or need hospice or intensive care, she said.…