On February 4, 2019 a panel of the Inquiry Committee approved a Consent Agreement between BCCNP and Manuela Schneider of Victoria, BC, resulting from competence concerns occurring from July 2016 to March 2017 that included:
- The failure to appropriately administer a nebulizer;
- The failure to appropriately assess and manage a patient with post-op delirium;
- The failure to document on two acutely ill patients for three days;
- The failure to obtain an ECG strip on two separate occasion;
- The failure to notify the physician for a patient complaining of chest pain;
- The failure to notice that a telemetry pack's batteries were dead leaving the patient unmonitored for six hours and when informed about the dead batteries, she failed to assess the patient;
- The failure to document the administration of nitro spray in the eMAR;
- The failure to provide regulatory supervision to a nursing student for a three day period including co-signing high alert medications and failing to confirm the student's assessments; and
- The failure to follow the institutions policies and relevant nursing standards.
The Registrant has voluntarily agreed to relinquish her BCCNP registration and she has agreed not to apply for reinstatement of her registration for at least five years. If reinstatement is sought in the future, this matter would be considered by the Registration Committee to ensure the registration requirements of competence, character, and fitness to practice are met.
The Inquiry Committee is satisfied that the terms will protect the public.