Friday, July 19, 2013

Nurse struck off for rough handling and verbal abuse

 "A PENPARCAU nurse has been struck off the nursing register after a disciplinary panel ruled that she “put patients at unwarranted risk of harm”.
A Nursing and Midwifery Council hearing found 12 charges proven against June Parry, including claims of rough handling and verbal abuse of patients and intimidation of colleagues. Five further charges were not proven.
She has been removed from the nursing register for five years. The charges relate to periods between 2005 and 2010 when Mrs Parry was working first at Ystwyth Ward at Bronglais Hospital and then Hafan y Waun at Waunfawr.
The NMC panel heard that Mrs Parry quit her job at the hospital after allegations that she had made inappropriate comments about patients, including a claim she had said she would put a pillow over a patient’s face and wrap a cord around another patient’s neck."
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Monday, July 15, 2013

AG: Nursing home staff accused of beating, smothering patient

"Raquel Bouton, 43, of Mount Sinai and Laura Harper, 58, of Coram, were arrested Tuesday on the eight count indictment, which includes charges of second-degree assault, second-degree attempted assault, second-degree endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, as well as of endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person and two counts of willful violations of health law. Bouton was additionally charged with first-degree falsifying business records. If convicted, the women both face up to seven years in prison.
According to the attorney general’s office Bouton, a licensed practical nurse and Harper, a personal care aide, assaulted an 88-year-old “incompetent and physically disabled resident” at the Woodhaven Adult Home in Port Jefferson Station on March 24, 2012."
AG: Nursing home staff accused of beating, smothering patient - Long Island Crime | Examiner.com