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Where do I say that nurses shouldn’t have good working conditions or good pay? Most of us have figured this out already: you can take a job at another company that’s better to work for. Most nurses do have pretty good working conditions and get paid well. Competition among employers is the solution here. Walking out and putting customers (or patients in this case) in a precarious position is not.

>and get paid well

The average nurse in the southern US is paid roughly ~$30 an hour. Given their responsibilities, long shifts, and overall stress, do you think that's a fair wage?

>Walking out and putting customers (or patients in this case) in a precarious position is not.

Sometimes the system needs to grind to a hault to get peoples attention.

So she doesn't enjoy her job and only works there because you can't make up the $15 hour difference between her working in a book store for minimum wage vs her working for $30 an hour? Why don't you take a part time job on the weekend to lighten her load? There are many people who become a nurse because its a calling.

>So she doesn't enjoy her job and only works there because you can't make up the $15 hour difference between her working in a book store for minimum wage vs her working for $30 an hour?

She loves being a nurse and couldn't do anything else. But that doesn't mean it isn't exhausting for her.

>There are many people who become a nurse because its a calling.

And that excuses the shit pay and unsafe working conditions for nurses?

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