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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