National Early Warning Score Vital Signs Record<\/a> form, which outlines the frequency of monitoring a patient. <\/p>\nThe nurse failed to assess the patient properly, scoring them incorrectly on the form. The nurse listed the patient as alert when they were actually lethargic and confused, the decision states.<\/p>\n
The latter condition would have prompted a higher score. That would have required the nurse to inform the medical team, which would review the care plan and decide if it needed to be changed. <\/p>\n
That didn’t happen, the College decision states.<\/p>\n
A stable patient should be assessed every four hours but the 68-year-old’s condition “required at least hourly monitoring,” the decision says.<\/p>\n
The nurse recorded a partial assessment at 10:15 p.m., but did not document any vitals again until 3 a.m. After that, nothing else was documented about the patient\u2019s condition again. <\/p>\n
The nurse also failed to document numerous medications she claimed to have administered.<\/p>\n
At midnight, the nurse recorded that a hydromorphone dose was given due to the patient\u2019s reduced level of consciousness but there is no explanation or documentation to explain the change in consciousness from 10:15 p.m. to midnight. And the nurse didn’t consult with the prescribing physician prior to giving the dose.<\/p>\n
The patient had a urinary catheter but the nurse failed to monitor it to ensure adequate urine output.<\/p>\n
Around 5:20 a.m., the patient\u2019s oxygen levels dropped and they were pronounced dead at 5:50 a.m.<\/p>\n
The inquiry committee panel of the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba conducted a hearing in November 2025 with lawyers for the nurse and the College’s complaints investigation committee (CIC).<\/p>\n
The nurse maintained the patient was too ill to be on the unit and should have been in the intensive care unit instead. But she never documented that concern during the time the patient was in her care, the decision states<\/p>\n
The nurse pleaded guilty to all charges but one, which was withdrawn by the CIC. Her lawyer noted the nurse’s discipline-free record of 23 years and said the plea showed she has taken responsibility.<\/p>\n
This was one shift with one patient and was an isolated incident on a shift where the unit was understaffed and had an increased workload, the nurse’s lawyer argued, adding his client has expressed sincere remorse and regret.<\/p>\n
The suspension, fine and course requirements were a joint recommendation from lawyers on both sides. <\/p>\n
The inquiry panel accepted the joint recommendation but took time before returning in January to provide its written reasons.<\/p>\n
In its decision, the panel said it had “some sympathy” for the nurse’s unblemished record and understaffed unit but ultimately found she failed in her continuity of care for the patient.<\/p>\n
It believes the penalty “properly addresses and protects the public interest” and serves as a deterrent to the nurse from repeating the conduct; provides general deterrence to all registered nurses that this type of conduct will be investigated, reviewed, and punished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-656150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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