A Scots nurse who faked medical data has been suspended by a watchdog over foul-mouthed rants in entrance of dementia sufferers. Elizabeth Claire Mcallister was discovered to have uncovered residents in her care to a “important threat of unwarranted hurt” throughout shifts at Whitefield Lodge Care House in Lennoxtown, Glasgow.
The skilled caregiver admitted utilizing inappropriate language, together with the phrases ‘b****’ and ‘lazy b******’, earlier than telling a colleague that one affected person was ‘mendacity in their very own piss and s***’ in Could 2020. Mcallister informed one susceptible resident that that they had fallen over intentionally as a result of they preferred the eye earlier than additionally failing to correctly entry one other one that had reduce their head after a tumble.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) discovered that the nurse had additionally falsified data to state that she had carried out observations on residents when she hadn’t. After admitting all of the allegations in opposition to her, Mcallister, who resigned from her place on the house, has now been suspended from practising for 12 months.
A call discover by the NMC stated: “On the materials time, Mrs Mcallister was on shift on the House within the capability of a registered nurse. She was additionally the only real registered nurse on the related flooring on every event, and was in a senior place to the carers on responsibility together with her.
“The panel thought of the costs to be extraordinarily critical, significantly because of the vulnerability of the residents concerned. The panel agreed with the submission of the NMC that dementia sufferers can current difficult behaviours which require sensitivity, respect and compassion, and that Mrs Mcallister did not display this on quite a lot of events to a number of totally different residents.
“Moreover, Mrs Mcallister additionally acted dishonestly by knowingly recording false entries in residents’ Datix experiences, purporting to have delivered care that had not been carried out. Mrs Mcallister was deliberately attempting to mislead colleagues into considering that care had been delivered to residents when it had not been.
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“The panel was of the view that Mrs Mcallister had uncovered residents in her care to a big threat of unwarranted hurt, once more, noting because it did, that these residents have been extraordinarily susceptible because of the nature of their well being circumstances. Her actions might have had critical ramifications for the well being and wellbeing of the residents on the House.
“The panel additional famous that Mrs Mcallister accepted in her type titled ‘Your response to prices’ dated 17 July 2022 that her conduct was unacceptable. The panel concurred with the NMC’s submissions and noticed nothing to undermine the factors set on the market. It thought of the conduct sufficiently critical to cross the brink of misconduct.”
In a response to the watchdog, Mcallister acknowledged her failures and stated she deliberate to retire from all employment after a beforehand unblemished nursing profession.
She acknowledged that components in her private life had led to her behaviour on the house and added: “I totally settle for that my conduct was wholly unacceptable, and that my health to observe was impaired.”
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