A mental health nurse has been cautioned for knocking on the door of a paranoid patient – and then hiding. At a disciplinary hearing, Douglas Masson admitted the offence at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council committee found him guilty of misconduct after deciding his behaviour fell “significantly short of the standards expected”. But it allowed the veteran nurse to continue working after hearing it was a “one-off incident”.
The hearing was told the patient – Patient A – was admitted to the hospital in November 2017 with mental health conditions including paranoia. In September 2019, Masson knocked on their door then hid.
