Thursday 12th June 2008
A 50-year-old registered nurse from Herne Bay, Kent has received a five-year caution order from the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) following a string of incidents in which he failed to ensure that a patient received the appropriate standard of care.
Takoorparsad Kanayalall Ghowry was the owner and registered manager of St Stephens Residential Home when between January 2004 and February 2004 three charges were brought against him for misconduct.
The independent Conduct and Competence Committee panel of the NMC heard that when Patient A, an elderly female resident, was at risk of developing, and subsequently did develop, pressure sores, Ghowry:
- Failed to ensure that a risk assessment was completed in respect of Patient A's deteriorating skin condition.
- Failed to ensure that advice in respect of patient A's deteriorating skin condition was obtained from visiting medical practitioners.
- Failed to ensure that a pressure relief mattress was requested for Patient A.
- Failed to ensure that appropriate medical assistance was requested from a district nurse from when the pressure area became an open wound.
- Inappropriately allowed carers to perform nursing duties when they cleaned and dressed Patient A's open pressure areas.
Abridged
SOURCE: NursingInPractice
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