The issue of nurses striking is a very troubling one. It is extremely difficult to arrive at a moral decision. However, many sides need to be looked at in order to make one. I made my decision by looking at the strike from the nurses’ point of view, the administrators’ point of view, my personal experience, Christian teaching, and the teachings of the Catholic Church. Having looked at all possible information, I feel confident that my final judgment was the moral one.
The first information I examined was the nurses’ reasons for holding a strike. For instance, they feel that patients’ lives are in serious danger, even during routine surgery. They feel that the hospitals are understaffed, and that the nurses are overworked. As a result, patients are not given the best care. They say they are often fo
After considering both the nurses’ and the administrators’ sides, I looked at my own personal experience. Over the summer, I spent time in a hospital as a patient, and nurses were mostly the ones who looked after me. Often my heart monitor’s alarm would go off, and a nurse would not show up for ten to fifteen minutes. It turned out that the heart monitor was broken, but I wondered what would have happened if it was a real emergency. Also, during the night I would wake up in severe pain, and the nurses would be too busy with a more important case to tend to me. At times I would have to stay in pain for up to a half hour.
After reviewing all of this information, I arrived at my conclusion. The nurses do have a moral right to strike. They must strike in order to improve healthcare. Though some would be denied
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