I don’t see their “offense” of posing with the urine samples and commenting on them as a fireable one.
I do however, see their stupidity of making a video of it and posting it on TikTok as a completely fireable offense.
I used to work in healthcare and we used to joke around.
Many years ago, I worked with a very attractive, vivacious young lady from Australia. She was very slender, had short, pixie-ish blond hair, and very green eyes. We were both married in good relationships, so there was nothing beyond simple flirting and good natured humor between us.
One day, we were moving a patient onto a scan table, me on one side, she facing me on the other, and as I put my hands under the elderly woman’s shoulders to help her move a little more, I said to the woman “Just move your fanny down this way a little bit...”
I was looking at this attractive Australian woman’s face as I said it, and I saw her pale delicate skin turn a bright shade of red as she covered her mouth with the fingers of her other hand but I could see the corners of her mouth on either side of her fingers twitching as if she was going to lose it and break into a giggle.
I was taken aback, and said “Uhh...wha...wha...what?” but she didn’t say anything.
When we went outside the room, I said “What? Did I say something?”
She stuttered and choked a little before saying “In Australia, “fanny” means the front...not the back!”
It was hilarious to see her face, still a jaunty shade of red!
We used to joke around-one time, I had one of those plastic urinals with a handle on it you give to a male patient to take a piss in, and I poured some Mountain Dew into it, which has a color that closely approximates urine.
I walked up to her and said “Do you see any blood in this?” She examined it and shook her head in the negative, at which I said “Good!” and proceeded to take a swallow from the container!
A few weeks later, she came up to me with a bed pan with toilet paper and what looked like very loose dark stool in it, she wearing gloves, etc. She stopped in front of me, and looked expectantly at me. When I said “What? Am I supposed to admire that or something as I looked at the bed pan, she grabbed some of the loose stool and popped some in her mouth!
I said “Whaaaaaaa...” and she cut me off laughing...she had taken the bedpan with the toilet paper and placed a couple of Tootsie Rolls on it and heated it up in the microwave to flatten them out!
She definitely got me there! I should have been onto her quicker, but...I was distracted!
But we didn’t make a video of it and post it on TikTok.
I’ve personally witnessed this kind of negligent behavior from ER night shift nursing staff (Its ALWAYS night shift) at Decatur Morgan General Hospital, Decatur, Alabama. This hospital is known as “the place where people go to die” by folks in Decatur and Hartselle.
No Worries!
By next week, they will all be “honored guests” on The View.
Really. Not even funny videos. I guess they get their ideas of humor from Colbert, kimmel, Stewart. All incredibly unfunny.
Pee Pee Ca Ca Poopoo. Say that 5 times fast. See. Made you do it.
These healthcare workers FAFOd big time.
California and the Federal Statues have patient privacy laws that forbid activities such as these TikTok videos. HIPAA could also apply in some circumstances. It also violates many healthcare provider professional standards and could result in fines or even revocation of licensing from various medical boards. You simply CANNOT post anything about a patient - or from a patient - to the public. Very bad idea.