Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 23, 2020 3:04:05 GMT 12
NURSE DEREGISTERED AFTER FACEBOOK POSTS CALLING MĀORI 'LAZY' AND 'UNDERHANDED'
A Taranaki nurse has been deregistered after calling Māori "lazy", "cunning" and "underhanded" in posts on social media.
It also found she had been before the Nursing Council in 2018 after making similar comments about Māori on her Facebook page. She subsequently failed to complete the cultural competence training required of her.
In October 2019 she again made racist comments despite having had her license suspended for her remarks earlier in the year.
The Tribunal censured Hugill and cancelled her registration with the condition she may not reapply for it for two years.
If she did reapply, she had to undertake study relating to cultural competence and the Nursing Council code of conduct and ethics. She would also need to be supervised for a year.
She was also required to pay more than $8000 in costs......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nurse-deregistered-after-facebook-posts-calling-maori-lazy-and-underhanded/PXR43QJXIG6AAJBTN6KH6UT7SY/
A Taranaki nurse has been deregistered after calling Māori "lazy", "cunning" and "underhanded" in posts on social media.
It also found she had been before the Nursing Council in 2018 after making similar comments about Māori on her Facebook page. She subsequently failed to complete the cultural competence training required of her.
In October 2019 she again made racist comments despite having had her license suspended for her remarks earlier in the year.
The Tribunal censured Hugill and cancelled her registration with the condition she may not reapply for it for two years.
If she did reapply, she had to undertake study relating to cultural competence and the Nursing Council code of conduct and ethics. She would also need to be supervised for a year.
She was also required to pay more than $8000 in costs......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nurse-deregistered-after-facebook-posts-calling-maori-lazy-and-underhanded/PXR43QJXIG6AAJBTN6KH6UT7SY/