Nurse remained on duty despite abuse claims

A NURSE against whom three allegations of abuse had been made remained on duty in a nursing home run by the Health Service Executive (HSE) until two further incidents of alleged abuse had taken place.

The decision not to place the nurse on immediate administrative leave or to investigate the allegations in a timely manner is criticised by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) in a report of St Joseph’s Community Nursing Unit in Trim, Co Meath. HIQA has reported the nurse to An Bord Altranais, the nursing regulatory body.

The nursing home was also criticised for the practice of wheeling the bodies of deceased residents through the home on a mortuary trolley.