[karmelapple]

I don’t understand the hours expected of healthcare professionals in the USA. It sounds like madness and a definite route to burnout.

Why don’t the professional organizations and other groups mandate serious reform for this? Have more reasonable max hour stretches, etc. Are the difficulty of hospital handoffs primarily the source for the awful hours demanded?

[saalweachter]

It especially seemed dumb at the beginning of COVID when one region's hospital would get slammed and already have been operating at the edge of burnout before half the staff was out sick and the amount of work tripled.

[confidantlake]

Isn't it ironic that healthcare professionals have such unhealthy work?