A Muslim nurse in Texas has been fired after she filmed a video showing how she would back out of a patient’s room if Fox News was on.
A Muslim nurse working at the University of Texas Medical Branch filmed a video showing how she would retreat from a patient’s room if she found Fox News playing in the room. Fox News is a conservative news channel, and the video was intended to be a sharp criticism of the current exemption, but it immediately sparked criticism of “Nurse Dreams” where medical practitioners swear to treat all patients the same way without bias.When the university learned of the nurse’s video, UTMB announced an investigation and suspended the nurse. “UTMB is aware of the social media posts and is investigating. This individual’s access to work at any UTMB facility has been suspended while the investigation continues,” the health center initially said.
“After investigating the social media posts, UTMB terminated the employee’s contract yesterday evening,” UTMB announced.But this did not put an end to the debate as social media users said it was the responsibility of UTMB to ensure this does not happen again. People demanded stricter action against the identified nurse and said she should not work in any health facility if she is so biased. “Thank you @utmbhealth for standing up for patient safety and not being politically motivated! Now, I would like to know if you, as a responsible healthcare authority, reported her actions to the Texas Board of Nursing? She needs to be disciplined for her terrible actions,” one wrote.
Another wrote: “The fact that she treats people based on political views says a lot about her as a person. She is definitely not a person I would want anyone to take care of alone. She would definitely want to kill any patient because of their political views.”“While I appreciate the termination, it speaks volumes about a culture that needs to be investigated outside of this person. How do people like this get hired to begin with??” another wrote.“You need to look at your hiring process. Hopefully this is a misalignment of values and not a performative act,” a third user wrote.“Not good enough! You need to rebuild trust, expel all Muslims and let patients know that they will be taken care of regardless of their political or religious beliefs! This is absolutely horrific. You should be jailed and deported!” Another added calling for the termination of all Muslim employees.
