![]() ![]() Veterinarian who went through similar 24+ hour shifts (and a few 30+ hour shifts) during my time in vet med school here. The execs in the industry know this and deliberately take advantage of that to pad their bottom line. But it's not ethical to strike because 'well SOMEONE has to take care of the patients!' Let's unpack that for a second - we're working in unsafe conditions, being regularly assaulted by patients with zero admin response (or worse, actively discouraged from pressing charges), and burning out at unprecedented rates while the healthcare system actively suppresses nurses unions, spending millions of dollars a year instead of fixing the issues. I hear fellow nurses argue about it even being ethical for us to strike. By and large, the sort of people that go into this field aren't people that will leave things undone and walk away because their shift is over, or in their own self-interest because they're tired - and definitely not at the expense of human suffering. New to reddit? Click here! Get flair in /r/science Previous Science AMA's Repeat or flagrant offenders will be banned.Comments dismissing established findings and fields of science must provide evidence.Criticism of published work should assume basic competence of the researchers and reviewers.Non-professional personal anecdotes will be removed.No off-topic comments, memes, low-effort comments or jokes.All submissions must have flair assigned.No blogspam, images, videos, or infographics.Research must be less than 6 months old.No editorialized, sensationalized, or biased titles.No summaries of summaries, re-hosted press releases, or reposts.Directly link to published peer-reviewed research or media summary. ![]()
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