The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, May 15, 1996                TAG: 9605150003
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A12  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   22 lines

A NURSE'S DILEMMA

Instead of being in the health-care profession, I am now in the health-care business.

I have never been a businessperson before.

I am a caregiver, not a salesperson.

I care for patients, not customers.

I see business administrators making huge salaries and boasting huge profits, but I see the quality of the product declining. I find this imbalance difficult to deal with.

CATHERINE T. EDMUNDS, R.N.

Virginia Beach, May 1, 1996 by CNB