Dozy nurse put the wrong fluid in catheter

A nurse who fell asleep while on duty before inserting the wrong fluid into a patient’s catheter has been suspended. Prosper Johnson was caught dozing off whilst working on shift in the vascular theatre during a procedure at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, Devon on 9 June 2017. Johnson then failed to carry out ‘appropriate observations’ of a patient once he woke up from his nap, The Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service heard. The regulator heard the nurse injected an arterial…