Incident causes social media uproar: Nurse seals baby’s mouth with a tape

[epoy73]

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wala mana g praktis sa any hospital ang mag pacifier ang baby samot nag e tape para sa pacifier , breast feeding noon na bahala mag hilak nana baby d jud tagaan og powdered milk dapat jud mo breastfeed .

[Dorothea]

The nurse should have breast fed the baby. That would have been a lot more effective than taping the baby's mouth.

[emow]

apparently, having pacifiers taped to babies is a common practice in nurseries. Let's not be quick to condemn the nurse, afterall, doctors and supervisors were all aware of the behavior. The response of the nurse maybe infuriating, but that is separate issue from the taping of pacifiers to babies. Why do nurses tape pacifiers? One, so they can focus on the most prioritized task or patient. If you have ten babies and only one nurse, it is a challenge that needs some creativity to handle. Two, babies tend to do an orchestra, when one baby cries, the rest will follow. The nurse should always investigate why the baby cries and with the pacifiers taped, the nurse will not be compelled to. Three, the nurses will be able to conserve energy. You know that babies are no longer feed through bottles because we are promoting mother-baby friendly practices. It's either they are breast feed from their mothers or being fed through droppers. Bottles would be very convenient, droppers just takes so long. And if you have 5 babies and 1 nurse, that would need some creativity to handle.

I'm not saying that there was a mistake on part of the nurse or on the entire institution for that matter. It is just so unfortunate for this nurse's life that her career could be over, on something that is also practiced in many nurseries. Doctors are aware of this but they don't find it harmful to the babies....well, until now (nobody wants to be unpopular and be targeted with the media and public ire, professional suicide!). The nurse will definitely be a scapegoat and will bear all responsibilties on such a common practice. For me, the incident is not worth to revoke and basically stop a nurse's professional career. Reprimanding the nurse and issue a public apology would be appropriate. Sometimes, we get our emotions to get things out of proportion.

Maybe parents should not be allowed to provide pacifiers in the future....hmmm

[Lakbay Pilipino]

@emow thanks for shedding light and being objective. finally a constructive comment that can ease our discomfort.

[firestarter]

apparently, having pacifiers taped to babies is a common practice in nurseries. Let's not be quick to condemn the nurse, afterall, doctors and supervisors were all aware of the behavior. The response of the nurse maybe infuriating, but that is separate issue from the taping of pacifiers to babies. Why do nurses tape pacifiers? One, so they can focus on the most prioritized task or patient. If you have ten babies and only one nurse, it is a challenge that needs some creativity to handle. Two, babies tend to do an orchestra, when one baby cries, the rest will follow. The nurse should always investigate why the baby cries and with the pacifiers taped, the nurse will not be compelled to. Three, the nurses will be able to conserve energy. You know that babies are no longer feed through bottles because we are promoting mother-baby friendly practices. It's either they are breast feed from their mothers or being fed through droppers. Bottles would be very convenient, droppers just takes so long. And if you have 5 babies and 1 nurse, that would need some creativity to handle.

I'm not saying that there was a mistake on part of the nurse or on the entire institution for that matter. It is just so unfortunate for this nurse's life that her career could be over, on something that is also practiced in many nurseries. Doctors are aware of this but they don't find it harmful to the babies....well, until now (nobody wants to be unpopular and be targeted with the media and public ire, professional suicide!). The nurse will definitely be a scapegoat and will bear all responsibilties on such a common practice. For me, the incident is not worth to revoke and basically stop a nurse's professional career. Reprimanding the nurse and issue a public apology would be appropriate. Sometimes, we get our emotions to get things out of proportion.

Maybe parents should not be allowed to provide pacifiers in the future....hmmm

Is this the same as gagging bro?

[emow]

^nope... unless we want to vilify the nurse.

[padfoots666]

That's completely unacceptable. The trauma.

[cobraKing]

OK sad ba kaha ang tepan ang baba sa inyohang anak if saba.an or talkative sa class..murag ok ko ani..

pero kaning tepan ang baba sa bata na wala pay buot dli maau kay basin dli unya ni mka ginhawa..

[rayven716]

No amount of justification for the nurse to do it. It's never been a part of their training.

[emow]

@marius, i asked some doctors and my wife, a nurse but not on the nursery department. It's not the most ideal practice...but its not harmful either. It's a tradeoff really, if there was no tape, babies would keep on crying predisposing them to colic, by then a pacifier would no longer pacify them. The tape is there to secure the pacifier, preventing colic. I'm not a fan of taping either, but i understand the constraints and the tradeoffs nurses often do to juggle all the responsibilities in their respective settings.