Nurses walk out - does it really mean just that?

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Sorry, I have Asperger's and struggle with literal language

Does nurses walk out actually mean they will go in and then walk out again?

Or will non emergency care nurses just not come into hospital at all without actually staging a 'walk out'

Sorry it's probably an obvious answer but it's bugging me!

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why are you "bumping" a post you made only 6 minutes later

They won’t walk in and walk out. They’ll walk to the picket line.

It’s a turn of phrase (used mainly in the 70s and 80s when workers would literally walk out mid-shift if the Union told them to).

Only certain trusts reached the level to strike so not everyone is striking.

Only the day shift are striking so they won't come into work today at all.

The wards will be run on nighttime staff levels so there will about 1 nurse to 12 patients.

Some areas such as ITU have been derogated so they are exempt from strike for patient safety reasons.

So noone will turn up for 30 mins and then walk out, they won't come in at all but may be at the front of the hospital picketing.

Oh come on op has stated they have Asperger's so why get stressy about them doing something slightly outside societal norms and not even answer their question

No op they will usually just arrive at the picket line outside and stand there picketing

When we had the nurses strike in Ireland a few years ago, we took turns at going outside to picket (when we could spare people off the ward floor) and nurses also came in on their days off to picket. We were only supposed to do essential jobs, whatever that means, pretty much all our jobs are essential in my opinion....couldn't just not take phone calls from worried family members or refuse to help an elderly patient who wanted help connecting to the WiFi.

We had massive public support and it was really nice being on the picket lines and having people cheer and beep their horns as they passed. Wishing NHS nurses the best of luck with their strike, they need better pay and conditions even more than we did at the time.