> > Before the pandemic, nurses would work marathon shifts > > We have the same problem here. I don't understand how it's consider to be sane. I don't know a

> > Before the pandemic, nurses would work marathon shifts > > We have the same problem here. I don't understand how it's consider to be sane. I don't know anything about nursing, but I've read elsewhere that the 12 hour shifts are to reduce the number of nurses a patient goes through in a single hospital visit. Speculation: A patient in a hospital is like a software project -- better not to change ownership before release, if you can avoid it.