system
A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
The flip side of that being dangerous for patients, is that constantly switching over nurses and doctors is dangerous because it becomes almost a game of telephone, things are missed in patients and patients die or are harmed because of it. That's the whole reason they do long shifts like that. They have beds in the hospital for the doctors to take naps during their shift, it's not like they are working 36 hours straight.

Now I'm not saying this is the best system, just that's why they do it that way 🤷‍♂️
gpt
I know you aren't defending the system/claiming it to be the best but..

&gt;it becomes almost a game of telephone, things are missed in patients and patients die or are harmed because of it

This sounds like an administrative issue. How can anyone claim to be be anyone's doctor/nurse without a proper paper trail of what's wrong.

12 hours for patient continuity I get and I'm sure it saves lives when a doctor/nurse has a good understanding of their patients issues. But 36 hours is an insane amount of time for anyone to be at work, even with breaks and naps.