Swastikas and Neonatal Care This case describes an incident that occurred at Hur

Question

Swastikas and Neonatal Care This case describes an incident that occurred at Hurley Medical Center in Michigan and resulted in a lawsuit. Tonya Battle, a veteran black nurse in Hurley's neonatal intensive care unit, was taking care of a baby when a man with a swastika tattoo walked into the unit and reached for the baby. Battle stopped him and asked to see the hospital wristband that identified him as the baby's parent. "He abruptly told her he wanted to see her supervisor, who then advised Battle she should no longer care for the child," according to USA Today 126 The man had requested that no African American nurses should take care of his child A note was subsequently put on the assignment clipboard saying, "No African American nurse to take care of baby Battle was "shocked, offended, and in disbelief that she was so egregiously discriminated against based on her race and reassigned, according to the lawsuit, which asks for punitive damages for emotional stress, mental anguish, humiliation, and damages to her reputation," according to a reporter from the Arizona Republic.12Z Battle could not understand why the hospital would accommodate the man's request. Although the note was later removed, black nurses were not allowed to care for the child for about a month The Arizona Republic newspaper reported that the "American Medical Association's ethics code bars doctors from refusing to treat people based on race, gender, and other criteria, but there are no specific policies for handling race based requests from patients." Further, a survey of "emergency physicians found patients often make such requests, and they are routinely accommodated. A third of doctors who responded said they felt patients perceive better care from providers of shared demographics, with racial matches considered more important than gender or religion."128 Your Views What would you have done if you were a medical administrator at the time the request was made? 1. I would not have honored the man's request. I would have explained why Tonya Battle and other African American nurses are best suited to take care of his child 2. I would have done exactly what the hospital did. The man has a right to have his child taken care of by someone of a race or gender of his choosing What would you do about the lawsuit? 1. Fight it. It's ridiculous that someone would feel emotional stress and humiliation from simply being reassigned. 2. Settle it and create a policy that prohibits honoring future requests like this 3. Settle it but hold a hospitalwide meeting explaining the rationale for continuing to accommodate such requests

Explanation / Answer

I would not have on admins request I would have explained by Tonya battle and other African American nurses are best suited to take care of his child.

In this is specific situation I would have dishonored any kind of request with such racial remark. This specific incident directly Falls into the category of discrimination which is not acceptable in any kind of workplace structure. I would have explained to the man regarding the skills and training the nurse had for taking care of his child.

Settle it and create a policy that prohibit honoring future requests like this

I would have settled this specific situation and created and strict code of conduct for the organisation to mitigate this issue of racism. This would have definitely increased the ethical standards of our organisation and provide it better environment for our employees to work. By implementing non discriminating approach in the organisational structure, overall standard of work ethics would have been very widely increased and the positive environment for workers would have improve the efficiency as well as the compatibility of the organisation towards the employees.

Related Questions

Navigate

• Browse (All)
• Browse S
• Subjects

---

---

Integrity-first tutoring: explanations and feedback only — we do not complete graded work. Learn more.