The biggest problem is that it discriminates against other professions and sets a bad precedent to others. If nurses get a flag created why shouldn't other professions such as doctors, engineers, lawyers, IT guys, construction workers, farmers, customer service workers, video streamers, etc? See how ridiculous this can become?
Like many other present day cultural issues this is a direct consequence of the covid years and the disastrous effects it's had on society.
If you've worked closely with nurses you know the majority of them are some of the laziest, bitchiest, fakest women with a serious entitlement problem. This profession attracts some of the worst people who seem to have a bit of a power trip since patient's lives are at the whim of their daily care and they get off on that. In addition to that, during covid, they received daily praise locally and nationally from various sources calling them "heroes" which just inflated their egos even more just because they were "on the front line". Anyone working in a healthcare setting is at risk, not just nurses. Whether it's catching a contagion of sorts, physical harm due to another person or environmental hazard, or something else, no one is 100% safe. I guess other hospital employees just stopped coming to work while nurses ran every layer of healthcre facilities. At the end of the day, nurses are nothing but gloried patient care takers who whine and complain when it comes to trial by fire. Also, the claim that they go without credit or recognition is laughable. Hospitals go out of their way to kiss the asses of their nurses by giving them silly awards, parties, town hall meetings, company paid catering, etc.
They also are the biggest complainers when it comes to salary. Nursing unions have grown quite powerful over the last few years and nurses are never satisfied regardless of how they get paid. Depending on location they start getting paid $50k - $70k fresh out of college. If they specialize, in a year or two that can grow to $80k. Very good money for most grads who arent even 25 yet, plus getting a pension, and most working 3 days a week. In addition they have practically a job guaranteed almost anywhere regardless of personality or work ethic due to current high demand and "culturally percieved importance" of the job. Even with practically zero experience.
This is just a twisted form of corporate flavored simping and it needs to stop.
