The EPIC Audience Connection

You Can't Heal Patients By Breaking Nurses

AJ Prentice Published on: 10/12/2025

Why “patient-centered care” fails when hospitals forget who delivers it. Hospitals love to talk about compassion. You’ll see it on every billboard and mission statement: “Committed to compassionate, quality patient care.” But scroll a little further, and you’ll notice what’s missing—any mention of being committed to the people who deliver that care. Nurses.