THE Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted a complaint against Kevin Picones, a registered nurse, before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal, for failing to provide appropriate nursing care and maintain professional boundaries, resulting his deregistration for 12 months.
The failings included supply of Phenergan "on multiple occasions" to three of his vulnerable patients in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit at Orange Hospital in 2015.
He also was charged with providing cigarettes to patients within the unit and giving other inappropriate advice and access to his Facebook account.
See caselaw.nsw.gov.au for more.
The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 30 Apr 18
To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 30 Apr 18
