B.C.’s College of Nurses and Midwives has disciplined a Surrey nurse for lack of nursing knowledge and inadequate patient care.
A Sept. 8 college panel of inquiry decision ordered indirect supervision of Olubukunola Olatunji for six months.
The panel said the discipline consent agreement with Olatunji was to address practice issues that occurred between June and December 2022.
Those issues related to a generalized lack of nursing knowledge, inadequate patient assessments, lack of appropriate follow-up on abnormal patient findings, unsafe medication administration, lack of relevant patient details in shift report, not obtaining ordered tests, and inadequate documentation.
In addition to the supervision order, Olatunji is prohibited from having more than one employer, working in an independent position such as home or community care or being a sole nurse on duty.
Olatunji must also complete remedial education in documentation, medication administration and a formalized competency enhancement course.
The college is 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.
