Scores of nurses at Erlanger hospital have become volunteers for Widows Harvest Ministries, a faith-based, nonprofit organization that provides help to urban widows.
With a shortage of nurses looming in Indiana, some lawmakers want to increase the number of nursing faculty in the state by offering grants to repay part of their college loans.
Hospitals are far more expensive than home nursing, but the U.S. has no comprehensive system to finance it. Parents can go bankrupt trying to take their kids home.