THE NURSES A Novel Author:Richard Frede The troubles did not appear suddenly. THe troubles were there all along.They were inherited by the residents and interns. They were inherited shift by shift by the nurses. — The nurses were compelled to treat the hospitalas both adversary and patient. — For that reason, the nurses had never struck. A nurse does not walk away from a patient. Even... more » in death the nurse remains with the patient. She cleans and tags and wraps the patient before walking away.« less