Karen Rooney failed to keep appropriate care records for residents while in the post of dementia unit manager at Three Bridges Nursing Home and failed to supervise an unregistered foreign nurse while she was administering medicines.
In total, eight sanctions have been imposed upon Mrs Rooney after a Nursing and Midwifery Council misconduct hearing.
An investigation at the Nook Lane home was sparked in December 2014 due to concerns, and an audit of residents’ medical notes identified that Mrs Rooney had not supervised an unregistered Romanian nurse while she was administering medication to seven patients on 46 occasions.
Further concerns saw the home’s deputy manager carry out a review of patients’ medical plans and discrepancies were found – 11 plans by Mrs Rooney lacked detail and were not updated between August and December 2014, though they should have been reviewed monthly.
Mrs Rooney, who was employed at the home from September 2012 until her resignation in February 2015, admitted a total of 19 charges and faced an NMC misconduct hearing last week which found her fitness to practice was impaired.
Four of the charges related to her previous employment at Mersey Parks Care Home in Liverpool, charges which included not ensuring adequate care was provided to a resident with a pressure sore.
An NMC report into Mrs Rooney’s misconduct said: “The registrant was the unit manager at two separate care homes and therefore responsible for the care provided to vulnerable residents who had dementia – the registrant’s actions in both care homes placed the residents at risk of harm. (Continue Reading)
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Former Three Bridges Nursing Home unit manager Karen Rooney sanctioned by Nursing and Midwifery Council after placing vulnerable residents at risk of harm
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