‘Don’t have the resources that they need’: Hospital purposely understaffs to save money, nurse says BALTIMORE (WBAL) — Baltimore nurses called for change on Friday outside Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital, saying the hospital has chronic understaffing. Melissa Larue, a registered nurse in the hospital’s intensive care unit, said they are short staffed on purpose to save money. “They overload nurses with patients at unsafe ratios,” Larue said. “They haven’t given us wage increases in over two years.