Chai! Na wah oh! One Nigerian nurse wey dem call Chimzuruoke Okembunachi don lose her nursing licence for Australia, and e no be small matter oh! Wetin happen? This babe dey sleep during night shift for aged care facility, and na im put patients for wahala.
According to wetin Daily Mail report, the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal don talk say her actions for March 2024 be professional misconduct. E no too sweet for her because she just start work for Hardi Aged Care wey dey Guildford, western Sydney, since February 2024. Just after one month, she don waka go suspension and after that, she use resignation style waka comot.
The gist come be say, for between March 13 and 27, she dey the only registered nurse for night shift wey dey supervise three or four assistants-in-nursing (AINs) and about 100 residents. But on six nights, she no do her work because she carry sleep come work. See ehn, because of her sleep, some patients even miss their prescribed morphine doses!
Dem report say on one night for March 21–22, one AIN don even turn on the nurses’ station light to wake this nurse, but she just off am like say na light wey no concern am and go back to sleep. E no there, on March 15, she tell one AIN make she give Panadol to one patient, even when the assistant no get authority. She just dey yarn, “It’s okay, sister, just give it to him.” No be small wahala!
Two nurses don yan her misconduct on March 27, and the following day, na so she receive suspension email with invite to meeting. But as luck go blow, she just resign 20 minutes later! That one no be small matter, my people.
This Chimzuruoke wey dem born for Nigeria come Australia for 2018, don finish her Bachelor of Nursing Science since 2021, and she dey study medicine for Western Sydney University while she dey work for HAC. She talk for tribunal say, “These events caused me significant stress… In hindsight, I should not have applied for or accepted the position at Hardi. Working night shifts during the week was putting patients’ safety at risk.” She fit sabi say she don fall hand.
Even though the tribunal see say she dey remorseful and contrite, dem still talk say dem go need to deregister her. E mean say her action fit endanger the life of patients wey dey under her care. No be play matter oh! She go need wait at least nine months before she fit apply make dem reconsider the decision.
As e be now, she no dey come back to nursing, but she still dey continue her medical studies, and her papa dey support am, plus she dey collect Centrelink Student Allowance. Make we dey shine our eyes well because na so the matter be for this one!
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