In a decision dated April 11, 2025, a panel of the NANB Complaints Committee accepted a Consent Agreement between NANB and Kathryn Porter (Registration Number 028261). Ms. Porter admitted that when a patient’s partner came to her asking for medications, she told the partner that the physician was unavailable and offered alternative medications, but she failed to ask the patient’s partner if she needed help with the patient’s care, failed to offer to do an assessment, failed to try to ask the physician for an order for IV fluids, and failed to notify the patient’s assigned nurse that the patient needed help or might have needed an order for IV fluids. Ms. Porter admitted that although she was aware of the partner’s requests for personal hygiene supplies and the existence of a garbage bag containing the patient’s stool, she failed to offer help with the patient’s care, failed to enter the patient’s room, failed to assess the patient, and failed to check with the patient’s assigned nurse to see if an assessment was needed.
Ms. Porter has voluntarily agreed to the following conditions on her registration:
- Remedial education related to professional communication and accountability;
- Performance evaluations from her employer(s) from the of the Complaints Committee Decision; and
- Providing each employer and regulatory body with which she is registered with a copy of the Consent Agreement and Complaints Committee’s decision and advising NANB of any change in address or employer.
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