Interim restrictions imposed — 18 months

Findings

The NMC's Investigating Committee decided to make an interim conditions of practice order for a period of 18 months. Conditions include working for only one substantive employer (with any agency placement at least three months), no nurse-in-charge or sole-nurse duties, direct supervision when administering or managing medication until assessed safe by a senior nurse, indirect supervision at other times, and fortnightly meetings with a line manager to develop an action plan addressing risk identification and safeguarding, record-keeping and communication, shift allocation and task completion, and recognising and escalating patient deterioration. The case examiners have not yet decided whether there is a case to answer.