NMC panel imposes 18-month interim conditions on nurse Zigwai Anna Charles

Findings

At a New Interim Order Hearing, the Investigating Committee panel decided to make an interim conditions of practice order for a period of 18 months. The conditions include limiting nursing practice to one substantive employer (no agency or bank work), not being the sole nurse in charge of any shift, direct supervision when administering or managing medication until formally assessed as competent (including a face-to-face drug calculation test), indirect supervision at all other times, fortnightly meetings with a line manager, mentor or supervisor covering medication administration and management, infection control and communication, and reporting obligations to the NMC. The order must be reviewed before the end of the next six months and every six months thereafter. The NMC Case Examiners are yet to decide whether there is a case to answer.