Inquiry told nurse slept on job while at elderly care home

A nurse who allegedly slept on the job while working at an elderly care home was yesterday the subject of a disciplinary inquiry.
Inquiry told nurse slept on job while at elderly care home

It is claimed that nurse Eileen Mary (Mulligan) Kiernan, while working night shifts at the Maple Court Nursing Home in Castlepollard, Co Westmeath, would routinely sleep for one to three hours, between 2am and 5am.

It is alleged that, during this time, she would insist that the lights in the staff room were turned off, the refrigerator unplugged and that no laundry be done.

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