In a decision dated December 27, 2023, a panel of the NANB Discipline Committee found that Jeffery Faulkner, registration number 029181, failed to adhere to professional practice standards and nursing standards involving documentation, medication management, time management, professionalism, nursing competencies, dishonesty, and accountability. The Discipline Committee found that Mr. Faulkner failed to administer IV fluids to a patient, to routinely investigate whether a patient had new orders, to perform patient assessments, to communicate respectfully and respect the scope of his role when he inappropriately inserted himself into the care of a patient who was not assigned to his care, to properly complete his documentation, to ensure adequate time management in his nursing practice, to complete his continuing professional development learnings, to demonstrate insight into his nursing practice deficiencies, and to remain informed of a patient’s care. The Discipline Committee also found that Mr. Faulkner showed a lack of understanding of the importance of following safe medication administration practices and demonstrated a lack of accountability and professionalism by refusing to do a taped report after a shift.
The Discipline Committee found that some aspects of Mr. Faulkner’s testimony were revealed as half-truths or fabricated and that he often focused on the behaviour of other staff rather than addressing the concerns brought forward regarding his nursing practice.
The Discipline Committee reprimanded Mr. Faulkner for violating NANB’s Standards of Practice for Registered Nurses, the NANB Standards for Documentation, and the NANB Practice Standard for Medication Administration (as it was then called), and for his dishonesty and misrepresentations. The Discipline Committee ordered that the suspension imposed on Mr. Faulkner’s registration by the Complaints Committee in a decision dated October 20, 2020, be continued until specific conditions are met. When those conditions are met, Mr. Faulkner will be eligible to apply for a conditional registration.
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