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Nursing and being a youtuber

Asking a question for my friend. My friend is a Youtube prankster (primarily makes non harmful pranks in the public) sometimes pranks where there are harsh reactions but nothing too crazy. He’s also just becoming a nurse. My question is: if the hospital was to find out about his prank channel, can they fire him for it? I’ve always been curious about this question myself because I would assume they can’t just fire you over something you do OUTSIDE of work that does not affect your actual job at all? Can someone give me quality information about the answer to this question? Thank you

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    And also another piece of info to throw in this: many of his fellow coworkers have verbalized that they enjoyed watching his pranks and thought they were funny. He’s just curious as to what the managers / hospitals can LEGALLY do if they find out about it

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    19 minutes ago, xlightx said:

    And also another piece of info to throw in this: many of his fellow coworkers have verbalized that they enjoyed watching his pranks and thought they were funny. He’s just curious as to what the managers / hospitals can LEGALLY do if they find out about it

    An employer can fire you for almost any reason at all. In fact, they don't even need to give you a reason. "Youtuber" is not a protected class.

    Employers' own policies may offer more consideration. Specific contracts between employers and employees/unions might also change things up. Otherwise, employers have the same freedom to get rid of you that you have to get rid of them.

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    In short? Oh yes they can fire you for what you do on your off time if by any stretch they feel it puts their facility in a bad light.  Just search through this site and you can see a lot of real life examples.

    In fact, a lot of the time unacceptable social media behavior is delineated in the employee handbook which you must read-and-sign at hiring.

     

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    If he knows what is good for him, he will cease that activity now and make every attempt to remove or control access to prior postings. Employers can get rid of an employee for any ‘reason’ or no reason at all. As stated before, there are examples on this site, as well as elsewhere on the internet, of people losing their job over internet activity.  

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    On 10/22/2020 at 5:11 AM, CharleeFoxtrot said:

    In short? Oh yes they can fire you for what you do on your off time if by any stretch they feel it puts their facility in a bad light.  Just search through this site and you can see a lot of real life examples.

    In fact, a lot of the time unacceptable social media behavior is delineated in the employee handbook which you must read-and-sign at hiring.

    Can you send me an example similar to this situation 

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    20 hours ago, xlightx said:

    Can you send me an example similar to this situation 

    Google "nurses fired for social media posting". You'll get some food for thought.

    Also, the fact that you've asked this question makes me think you suspect what the answer is...

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    How would the hospital find out about his Youtube channel unless someone specifically wants to "out" him. I personally don't see how this channel impacts his ability to be a nurse. As long as he doesn't identify his place of employment, that he is a nurse... however if vindictive people want him fired over something he does in his free time, it could happen. 

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    True, or hospital people could come across it while surfing through Youtube themselves. Once it's out there, there are no guarantees...

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    59 minutes ago, RNNPICU said:

    How would the hospital find out about his Youtube channel unless someone specifically wants to "out" him. I personally don't see how this channel impacts his ability to be a nurse. As long as he doesn't identify his place of employment, that he is a nurse... however if vindictive people want him fired over something he does in his free time, it could happen. 

    Facilities employ people whose sole job is to track social media. Is it likely they’d find this Youtube channel quickly without key words? No, but it’s possible. 

    Most social media reports do come from coworkers. That’s another angle to consider. 

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    19 hours ago, Jedrnurse said:

    Google "nurses fired for social media posting". You'll get some food for thought.

    Also, the fact that you've asked this question makes me think you suspect what the answer is...

    I searched that and just found sources of nurses violating patients privacy or stuff related to bashing the place they work at. Nothing in terms of doing a hobby outside of work?

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    2 hours ago, RNNPICU said:

    How would the hospital find out about his Youtube channel unless someone specifically wants to "out" him. I personally don't see how this channel impacts his ability to be a nurse. As long as he doesn't identify his place of employment, that he is a nurse... however if vindictive people want him fired over something he does in his free time, it could happen. 

    That’s how I see it. If my friend is a good nurse and doesn’t do anything bringing work into his prank channel, why would it matter? ya he’s doing for the most part non harmful pranks on his channel but why should that make a difference

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    Its just a hobby outside of work, to be true. The crossover comes when people find out what kind of work he does and where and then match it up with the kinds of "pranks" he is pulling and whether they are cruel, distasteful, illegal, dangerous, show poor judgement or imply moral turpitude issues.

    You may think the privacy thing not being violated you can't be harmed by these "pranks". However, the truth is, people get fired all the time for things they do in public that makes their employer rethink their relationship with them for any number of reasons. Causing people distress would definitely be a valid reason. Lots of people don't find pranks funny. Many states are employment at will. This means either party can terminate the relationship with or without cause at any time. 

    You can go forward with this silliness, but it isn't without risk. Far from.

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