Ban for nurse who pulled dementia sufferer to the floor twice

A nurse who grabbed a dementia sufferer by the shirt and pulled him to the ground after telling him ‘I will put you on the floor’ has been suspended for six months. Lynn Coils failed to attempt any ‘distraction’ techniques before pulling the agitated patient down at the Peterlee Care Home in County Durham. She did not check him for injuries, record assessment of injuries and did not record that he had fallen or was put on the floor, the…