Nurses Fired After Posting to Social Media

An assisted living facility in Glendale, Arizona, has fired three employees for posting a video of a resident to the social media site “Snap Chat”

The video taken by the employees shows an elderly woman using a walker as she advances toward the camera. She is obviously agitated, telling the workers she "almost fell" and is seen asking for her pills.

The caption on the video  reads, “Nuuuuuuuuuuurse……All damn day.” 

Instead of helping the woman, the nurses continue filming as they watch the woman and mock her.

A whistleblower, a fellow nurse and former classmate, saw and captured the video, then contacted Glencroft, ABC15 and the Arizona State Board of Nursing. The whistleblower also has concerns of the patient’s rights under HIPAA.

You can view the video and original article here:
http://www.abc15.com/news/region-west-valley/glendale/nurses-posted-video-on-social-media-mocking-patients-at-glendale-senior-care-facility