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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