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Re:Report: 90% of nurses considering leaving the profession ... by woodruffw on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @11:37AM (#31181328)
Most industries are neither tasked with restoring health nor with being the bearer of hard truths about a person's health. I think it stands to reason that healthcare can be a particularly toxic environment for those reasons.
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Re:Report: 90% of nurses considering leaving the profession ... by mfer on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @12:00PM (#31181703)
Half of the toxic problem is from the people being treated. The other half (and sometimes more than half) is from management and co-workers (i.e. doctors). Not all doctors are bad but enough of them are to make an impact.

There's a culture problem there.

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Re:Report: 90% of nurses considering leaving the profession ... by woodruffw on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @12:10PM (#31181818)
Absolutely. In case it wasn't clear: I was saying that just dealing with peoples' health makes for a fundamentally stressful and potentially toxic environment, even if each individual in question is perfectly kind and reasonable.

Mistreatment by doctors and management isn't excused by that, but I think it can be seen (partially) through that lens.

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