Nurse slammed after breaking down following patient’s death
A nurse has shared her breakdown online after she lost a patient – but many have called her antics attention-seeking.
A nurse is facing a wave of backlash after posting a TikTok video of herself crying after one of her patients died.
TikToker olivia_tylerr33 posted the emotional video on June 17 captioned: “It never gets easier.”
“Lost a patient today,” states the video’s caption as she paces back and forth in the hospital hallway, the New York Post reported
The nurse leans against the wall with her head down trying to calm herself.
“Shake [it] off, you have five more hours,” states the clip.
Over the video, an emotional song plays: “I put my armour on, show you how strong I am. I put my armour on, I’ll show you that I am. I’m unstoppable.”
The nurse has since deleted her account, but others were quick to repost the video on Twitter, slamming the healthcare professional for “exploiting her patient for likes and views”.
A viral tweet reposting the video with the caption, “Aw man can’t believe my patient died let me go make a TikTok real quick,” has nearly 14 million views.
“I understand raising awareness on the difficulties of being a healthcare professional but this feels like a patient was just exploited for likes and views. There are other ways to share experiences; this way was not tasteful,” one user wrote.
“Imagine walking into the hallway and seeing this,” another replied.
“Let me set up the camera so I can cry,” a third commented on the video with a forth adding, “And then post it on TikTok with a song all about me.”
“Is my grief in frame?” one quipped.
“When you are emotionally upset at the loss of a life (rightfully so) but then draw attention to yourself so others can see that you’re upset, then it is no longer about the person who died or their memory, but rather about yourself. That is called narcissism,” one tweeted.
Nurses also took time to weigh in on the reality.
“Not a single nurse does this ever. We have several patients to care for and when we’re dealing with patient A, we’re thinking about patients B and C. No time for this and quite frankly you get very hardened to death. This is attention-seeking 101,” one wrote.
“I had a lot of people die on my watch during the pandemic – Like a LOT – and this type of performative garbage makes me furious on a level I can’t articulate,” another added.
Another TikTok user reposted the video writing, “A patient dies and their first thought is to shoot, edit and post a TikTok for likes and attention.”
“Can you imagine her just scrolling through sounds trying to pick the most trendy song while her patient’s body is being wheeled out to the morgue?” he captioned the video.
But not everyone believed the video to be distasteful. Some online jumped to defend the nurse, pointing to the difficulties and trauma of the job.
“Maybe it’s about raising awareness that nurses’ and doctors’ jobs are emotionally draining. It’s not all glitz and glam,” one suggested.
“She’s sharing the trauma medical professionals have to deal with on a daily basis to raise awareness,” another wrote.
This story originally appeared on the New York Post and has been reproduced with permission.
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