Is anyone else here also see the insane schedules nurses often work as unsustainable? 12 hour shifts seem incredibly common. I get there's risks in patient handoffs, but there are risks in understaffing and overworking people as well.

I personally know of several people who ended up having to leave acute nursing because they just couldn't continue with the schedules while trying to have any kind of sane family life. It seems to me hospitals need to change up schedules to have better options for work.

But I'm a lay person tech bro looking at an industry I only have a small window in. What are the other arguments for and against these kind of long schedules?

nurse to patient ratios and the type/level of care needed in the patient mix factor higher in overwork imho