Aged Care Insite Issue 97 | October-November 2016 | Page 33

workforce patient A’s medications to each of patients B, C and D on a number of occasions and agreed that he made no records of this. Further, he agreed that he was aware patient B had not been prescribed Risperidone and admitted not seeking approval from a medical officer to give it to patient B. The nurse’s only ‘justification’ for his actions was that he thought such medication may help patient B. As part of the nurse’s acknowledgement, he accepted that his conduct was totally inappropriate nursing practice and was potentially unsafe. He agreed that the medication was not prescribed nor recorded, and therefore was dangerous, particularly in circumstances where the patient did not have their full wits about them