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Chapter 2, February, Capital Monthly, Eve Waltz, by Rose Cunningham.

Pittsburgh.

To people outside of the nursing profession, working three days a week, sometimes four, sounded

cushy. But that's because those who assume that never had to work in the

seven-to-seven shift in their emergency room, the always understaffed

emergency room, and the always understaffed emergency room in the always understaffed hospital.

By four or five in the morning, the stress, uncertainty, and unforgiving workload overwhelmed Eve Wallace's entire body.

Starting with the throbbing head, onto aching legs and arms,

then pinching the nerves of her lower spine by six,

and that was on the quiet nights. But because her hospital was a level one trauma center in

Central Pittsburgh, a Quiet Night was not the norm. The typical Night involved multiple gunshot victims in various stages of bleeding out as they arrived.

Or patients as high as a human being could get, lashing out physically at anyone who tried to handle them.

Hospital or city cops swooping in to

...