A group of labor and delivery nurse in Atlanta, Georgia were fired after making a TikTok mocking their patients requests and stating their complaints about the job.
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The video shows the nurses from Emory University Hospital taking turns about their issues with the hospital and patient request using a trending TikTok sound. According to Motherly, one of the nurses said she hates it when a mother asks her to weigh her baby while another said she judges mothers who are in pain before they’re dilated but refuses epidurals. Although the video was deleted from the original account, it was reposted on other TikTok accounts. Commentators said they were disgusted by the nurses commentary and lack of respect for their patients’ privacy.
Those labor and delivery nurses at Emory got fired for making that TikTok about their Icks. One said she can’t stand when a mom comes in for an induction and asks to take a shower!!! Some inductions are emergency and last min so wtf wow wow wow pic.twitter.com/ghiCP2j3Vi
— villain coochie🧚🏾♀️ (@NWTSNaomi) December 10, 2022
Emory University Hospital released a statement on Thursday stating they were aware of the TikTok video and promptly fired the nurse for their actions. ‘We are aware of a TikTok video that included disrespectful and unprofessional comments about maternity patients at Emory University Hospital Midtown. We have investigated the actions with the former employees responsible for the video,’ a spokesperson said.
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“This video does not represent our commitment to patient- and family-centered care and falls short of the values and standards we expect every member of our team to hold and demonstrate.”
In a report, Emory University Hospital is located in Georgia, one of the states with the highest maternal mortality rate. The state has a mortality rate of 46.2 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births for African-American women. The video made its rounds on Twitter as people asked why are some people in the medical field careless when it comes to their patients. One user said, “if your “ick” as a labor and delivery nurse is a mother asking how much her baby weighs, you do not need to be in health care.” Another replied,“My ick is when the labor and delivery nurses forget a pregnant mom while her vitals are going off, resulting in an unnecessary emergency c-section.”
There’s a video of delivery nurses doing “icks” about their patients. Fucking disgusting. You in the wrong field if you complaining about a woman in labor asking for blankets and ice etc etc.
— Sea Goat ♑️👑 (@champagnemami51) December 10, 2022
Georgia’s maternal mortality rate is one of the worst in the nation. I don’t see how forcing woman into our troubling maternity care helps to perseve life.
— Bestest Butter Cup 🍁🦃🌙 (@BestButterCup) February 10, 2020
These labor and delivery nurses made a video about their “icks” on TikTok and every single last one of they asses got fired. When y’all gone learn the internet can really fuck it up for u? And they were honestly normal questions.. it’s sad several of the nurses were black too smh
— Moon 🌙 (@NoMoSUCKERsh_t) December 9, 2022