TikTok Nurse Accused of Attention Seeking After Posting Video of Herself Crying Over Patient Who Passed Away

TikTok user olivia_tyler33 posted a now-deleted video to TikTok on June 17th. The video is of a nurse in a hospital hallway. The captain on the video reads “lost a patient today”.

The video shows the nurse pacing in grief after losing a patient the background music is “Unstoppable” by Sia.

She leans up against the wall the new caption reads, “Shake off, you have 5 more hours.”

Twitter user @ateenyalien shared the video with, “aw man can’t believe my patient died let me go make a tiktok rq”.

“aw man can’t believe my patient died let me go make a tiktok rq”

— nikki (@ateenyalien) July 2, 2022

@Olivia_tyler33 has deleted her account since posting the video as many people found the video distasteful.

Twitter users quickly piled on their thoughts:

@l3l2ucelee shared,”My mom was a n urse for 35 yrs…. Her patients dying did hit her hard sometimes but I don’t think she would make a tiktok about it.”

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@ateenyalien replied, “Wow! Your mom sounds amazing. And don’t get me wrong, 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.”

Wow! Your mom sounds amazing. And don’t get me wrong, 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.

— nikki (@ateenyalien) July 3, 2022

@Ray82253885 pointed out, “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 patient B and C. No time for this and quite frankly you get very hardened to death. This is attention seeking 101.”

@Flamehalf added, “My dad is a doctor who was chief of staff at our hospital for a while. He said every so often there was a patient that they would tear up a little for. But this is insane.”

My dad is a doctor who was chief of staff at our hospital for a while. He said every so often there was a patient that they would tear up a little for. But this is insane.

— Tyler Nelson (@Flamehalf) July 3, 2022

@anccpt expressed how angry the video made them, “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.”

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.

— Salty (Reusable, Medical Type; 1 Each) (@anccpt) July 3, 2022

The video has over 14 million views, with over 10k quote tweets. This video seems to violate respect for someone’s death by turning it into self-promotion, in the eyes of many social media users, based on responses to the video.