“We go into nursing because of our compassion, because we have a desire to help people and improve their well-being. But when you’re unable to provide the level of care your patients truly need—when call bells go unanswered, medications are delayed, and there’s no time to sit with someone, understand their condition, or simply offer comfort—you start to question yourself. You doubt the quality of care you’ve delivered and carry the weight of feeling like it wasn’t enough. These moments stay with you as a nurse.…Nurse-to-patient ratios will guarantee that staffing levels never dip below an established threshold. It will allow us to build therapeutic relationship with our patients and reducing anxieties instead of contributing to it. Over all it will mean better working conditions for us as nurses so we can fully take care of our patients.”