Exactly, "you've been a nurse for 30 years, you're 60yrs old, you tested positive for COVID and you still have symptoms, but if you don't come back into work after 5 days (without pay) you'll also face punishment when you return". Of course, if a patient get's COVID while under your care (and symptomatic) and chooses to sue you, "you're on your own babe!". Also, "it is mandatory that you get vaccinated/boosted, but also come into work the next day or you won't be paid and it will count as one of 4 unscheduled days off per year before termination".
We focus on human causes because we connect to them better. And because for many many people these are the concrete things that can understand when I’m a stressful situation. Abstract problems like decades of “capacity management” “workflow improvements” and “right sizing” are so abstract they don’t resonate with someone who is standing in an er in pain. They aren’t dumb they are stressed out. Stress is basically fight or flight…it makes us stupid.
Stress is why I made the firefighters put in safety glasses and got angry at them that I couldn’t find my glasses. Both while trapped under a literal oak tree
And people wonder why nurses are pissed off?