Hospital Granted Request 'No Black Nurses' Lawsuit

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Agree 100%. Perceived power had absolutely nothing to do with being a racist (or a bigot in general). Power does, however, readily magnify and legitimize a racist ideology. For obvious reasons.

 

What's regrettable is that you're assuming she's trying to get a fat paycheck.

We don't know what the lawsuit is for.

The hospital gave in to a racist and were wrong. I don't feel at all bad that they are being sued.

 

Sure, she could be a saint and suing to raise awareness, but you're honestly going to sit here and tell everyone that is more likely than her suing to get paid?

Yes?

 

Female patients request no male nurses all the time. I don't see anyone suing for that.

 

Businesses need to take special care not to offend black employees, is that what you're saying? If so, I'd like an elaboration as to why...so...go on....

 

You guys that are offering incredibly dumb analogies to justify what happened or are focused against the nurse filing the lawsuit are so clueless it's scary. Just wow.

The father is a racist scumbag. The "charge nurse" who made the decision to accommodate the father should be immediately suspended without pay and fired for moronic judgement. The lawsuit will send an unmistakable message this is unacceptable in the United States of America. I really don't want the nurse to get any money over this, but I believe the hospital should pay significant punitive damages for having an such an incompetent person in a decision-making position.

This case deserves all the publicity it gets.

 

Absolutely.

 

lol haters gonna hate

I'll be the bigger man

 

How much you weigh?

 

Except that we haven't seen the terms of the lawsuit. What if she would just settle for the hospital to change their policies?

There is a lot of jumping to conclusions that the nurse is out for a fat payday. That may be the case but that is purely speculative.

 

I'm not saying what she's suing for. I'm saying I don't know what she's suing for, so I'm not going to jump to conclusions. I'm not going to lash out at the person who was taken off of her assignment in order to cater to the racist wishes of a neo-nazi.

If the hospital does have to pay money for their mistake then it doesn't really bother me that much.

 

Not so fast: Hospitals have a duty to provide care. They also have a duty to protect their staff. What the hospital did (on the surface, at least; I just skimmed the article) was protect the nurse from racial d-baggery while still providing care to the patient, because patients have the right to refuse care in any and all cases unless a court order is present.

No one has to like it, but the hospital covered all bases from what I can tell.

Source: me; I'm an RN, and I deal with dickery from patients and their families all the time. I'd rather the patient refuse in a case like this and let someone else deal with them so they can get the hell of my floor.

 

The guy can make any request he wants.

The hospital should not have given in to this request. He should have been told, that we can't decide who handles your baby based on race.

 

A hospitals job is to provide care, but it is not obligated to do anything but stabilize you. A hospital is not "covering its bases" by bending to the wishes of a neo-nazi. You are absolutely correct, a patient has the right to refuse care. The hospital should have refused the request and told the man and his seed to take a hike.

 

Uh, no. The hospital is obligated to provide care. The patient could have possibly been transferred to another facility, but that's based on bed availability and various other factors, and if that had happened, we'd still be having the same damn conversation.

The baby is innocent in this case. Getting into a morality-based power struggle does nothing but put the child in danger.

 

That's just your personal opinion which is obviously not based on any legal arguement.

If a patient or their family didn't want you to work with their child because they felt all male RN's were pedos would your hospital pull you from caring for the child?

 

Uh, double no, a hospital can refuse service to anyone not in an emergency situation. I don't know where you are getting the idea that a hospital must treat anybody but that is absolutely not true.

 

Not to mention, in this case, the hospital would not be DENYING the patient care. It's the patient's call whether or not to ACCEPT the care the hopspital was providing, which happened to involve people of color. Don't like it? Use the rectangle with the knob, Mr. Hitler.

 

Exactly.