Nurse failed to give adequate care to elderly residents, probe told

A nurse who failed to provide adequate care to elderly nursing home residents and falsified patient care charts was before a disciplinary inquiry yesterday at the Nursing Board’s headquarters in Blackrock, Co Dublin.

Staff nurse Michelle Marie O’Riordan admitted that, on the night of November 20, 2012, while working at Havenwood Nursing Home just outside Waterford City, she failed to provide adequate care to the 22 residents for whom she was responsible that night.

This included a failure to conduct hourly checks on the patients, and failure to properly prepare their medication.