Providence disputes details in TikTok about Everett nurse staffing
EVERETT — A widely viewed TikTok video alleges all of the nurses in the “med-surg” unit at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett called out of work on Jan. 8.
They did so because, on Jan. 7, they each had eight patients, twice as many as they should have, according to staffing plans agreed on by nurses and management. The nurses didn’t want a repeat, so they called out the next day, “allegedly,” the TikTok creator narrates, adding that three travel nurses also refused to come in.
The TikTok video was recorded by “TheNurseErica,” who does not work for Providence. It had garnered more than 62,000 views and more than 600 comments as of Monday.
But a nurse who does work for Providence said the entire shift of nurses calling out was not in the med-surg unit; it was in medical-telemetry — or “med-tele” for short. Patients in the med-tele unit are recovering from critical injuries and need constant monitoring of heart activity, blood pressure and respiration.
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