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Originally Posted by Delraich

I think there are a number of issues to consider in this case:

• It seems generally accepted that the nurse was publicly embarrassed/ humiliated at an international level as a result of this prank.
• It seems reasonable to assume that this embarrassment/ humiliation impacted the nurse on both professional (e.g. if she breached patient confidentiality, she may be worried about allegations of professional misconduct and the legal proceedings that go with that) and personal levels (being on the receiving end of international scale cyber bullying).
• There seems to be a reasonable argument that this prank was not legal/ breached Australian standards (e.g. consent was not obtained from the nurse prior to broadcasting; consent was not obtained to record the phone call).

When going through each point above, one would need to consider:

• Do you think that bullying is acceptable?
• If you think bullying is acceptable, is there a point where it stops being acceptable (e.g. when it becomes international, when it results in a very tangible and tragic end, when it crosses multiple boundaries such as personal/ professional/ law)
• Irrespective of where you stand on bullying, if a legal requirement has been compromised then this should be processed accordingly.

When it comes to "who to blame", I guess this is an interesting argument:
I read an article where this segment was created at a team meeting and approved.
I also read that that this show was approved by the station before being aired.
So who do you "blame"?
The hosts who actually did the deed
The station for approving it all
Or both because everyone was involved?

i do see your point bruv but at the same time the nurse is only human and we all make mistakes no need to take your own life in my eyes. but as for whos to blame maybe the hospital she workd for should have given better client confidentiality training???