Nurse put on administrative leave after her TikTok bragging about breaking Covid-19 rules goes viral
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Nurse put on administrative leave after her TikTok bragging about breaking Covid-19 rules goes viral
While many health care workers have used social media to show Americans the harsh effects of the Covid-19 pandemic , one Oregon nurse is in trouble for doing the opposite.
An oncology nurse at Oregon's Salem Health was put on administrative leave Saturday after she posted a TikTok video in which she bragged about flouting her state's pandemic restrictions, the hospital told CNN.
The video, which has since been taken down, showed the nurse, wearing scrubs and a stethoscope around her neck, pretending to scream with a caption that read: "When my coworkers find out I still travel, don't wear a mask when I am out, and let my kids have playdates."
The video, posted Friday, went viral, and at least one other TikTok user posted a version of it to their account -- which has received hundreds of thousands of views.
The video "displayed cavalier disregard for the seriousness of this pandemic and her indifference towards physical distancing and masking outside of work," the hospital said in a statement posted to Facebook on Saturday.
The hospital went on to distance themselves from the nurse's comments, saying "We also want to assure you that this one careless statement does not reflect the position of Salem Health or the hardworking and dedicated caregivers who work here."
The hospital said the nurse will be on administrative leave until an investigation that "will thoroughly and accurately ascertain the facts in this case" is complete.
CNN affiliate KPTV said it sent a crew to the nurse's home to get a comment but she declined.
CNN has not been able to reach her for comment.
The video comes as Oregon has been experiencing a surge in Covid-19 cases over the past few weeks, setting records in the number of new cases of the disease just last weekend . Plus, Marion County, the home of Salem Health, has had some of the highest numbers of cases in Oregon , while the hospital itself is fifth on Oregon Health Authority's list of workplaces with employee-related cases.
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Yesterday, a nurse employed with Salem Health posted a video on social media which displayed cavalier disregard for the seriousness of this pandemic and her indifference towards physical distancing and masking outside of work. This video has prompted an outcry from concerned community members. We want to thank those of you who brought this to our attention and assure you that we are taking this very seriously. This individual does not speak for Salem Health and has been place d on administrative leave pending an investigation.
We also want to assure you that this one careless statement does not reflect the position of Salem Health or the hardworking and dedicated caregivers who work here.
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It's hard to understand how some people think that their social media will not come back to haunt them.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Funny how some people lack commonsense.
To not take precautions, given what she must understand based on her background, is an inexplicable failure of judgment.
But to then publicly broadcast this irresponsible behavior (as if her employer would not find out) is rather incredible.
But worse, does she not understand that her opinion carries some authority given she is a nurse? She is encouraging people to be lax in their precautions. This is the same thing Trump did by downplaying masks, etc.
When did Trump downplay masks?
Are you serious?
It takes little effort to come up with many more examples.
The defense never ends. Delete the voters too, right?
Right up until Herman Cain died. Wait. No, that wasn't it.
Right up until that whole SCOTUS nomination thing in the Rose Garden. Uh, nope. Maybe not then.
Right up until he sickened his entire family. Not then, either.
Right up until half the White House staff tested positive. No.
Right up until US Covid cases hit 10 million? No. Thirteen million? Nope.
Right up until the death toll hit 260,000. Nope. He didn't know when the death toll hit 260,000. He had been playing golf 4 days in a row.
He never stopped downplaying masks, as you are well aware. Otherwise, his fat ass would be wearing one so his 3rd golf caddy in a row would not test positive after toting for Trump and his skank pals.
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Joe Biden cares about all US citizens, regardless of political leanings. That's OK with me. I'm sorry that it's not OK with you.
the FC with the triple chin?
Thank you Sister, extremely well said. And you laid it all out in as plain English as could possibly be said.
The Pearl Clutcher
skankenstein.
Great word!
Some people do stupid things. I hope she does her job well and professionally, like her life and others depend on it.
And she's an oncology nurse. I would like to throw a friggin' book at her. Her patients are amongst the most vulnerable to this virus and it's obvious she doesn't give a shit.
At least wear a mask out in public you dipshit
Those patients that are already facing one of the most vicious and deadly diseases in existence and are the least of those who should be negligently exposed to another deadly disease certainly deserve those around them taking every possible precaution to prevent their needless exposure to it.
If it were on one my family members already suffering with cancer she was deliberately exposing to the COVID-19 for her own personal whims, I would take serious legal action against her for unnecessary endangerment and whatever else I could levy against her, and see how she feels about being exposed to that from her own wrong doing.
Pardon my french, but fuck that bitch. She is not fit to nurse a hangover.
I can't imagine any oncology nurse (or any nurse) that would think this way. It's not even something she should joke about. If I were her patient. I bet her patients are freaking out.