B.C.’s College of Nurses and Midwives has disciplined a Mission nurse after finding her patient care knowledge was deficient.
A college disciplinary panel said a consent agreement had been reached with Simaranjot Kaur June 3.
A public notice said discipline was needed to address practice issues between April 29 and June 28, 2023 related to a lack of knowledge regarding patient assessment and vital signs, signs and symptoms of the deteriorating patient, medications, medication administration, skin care, time management and documentation.
The notice said Kaur has agreed to:
• the successful completion of remedial education in health and physical assessment, diabetes and insulin management, medication administration, clinical decision-making, documentation, and communication prior to a return to work;
• a limit prohibiting her from being the sole regulated health professional on duty, providing regulatory oversight to student nurses or orienting new staff members to the work environment, working for more than one employer, and working on more than one nursing unit, for a period of six months;
• direct and/or indirect supervision of her nursing practice for a minimum of 14 weeks; and,
• developing a learning plan.
The college is currently one of 18 regulatory bodies empowered under the Health Professions Act to regulate health professions in B.C. It regulates the practice of four distinct professions: nursing, practical nursing, psychiatric nursing and midwifery.
Similar legislation in other self-regulated areas such as the legal and notary public professions also allows citizens to know about discipline issues in the public interest.
“The inquiry committee is satisfied that the terms will protect the public,” the college said.
