title: Perioperative awareness.
abstract: I spent some time recently going through the Health Professions Council (HPC) and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) hearings and was intrigued by the reasons for suspending or striking off registrants. In one particular case, the 57-year-old registered nurse on night duty failed to carry out the necessary patient observations due to sleeping on duty. Another case, one that is more alarming, a health worker dragged their 'patient along the floor, leaving the medication trolley unlocked and unattended' was charged in breach of the trust's policy.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D006801:Humans; D059035:Perioperative Period; D006113:United Kingdom