Barry Penn, 61, administered three doses of the drug Epilim in a day to an 11-year-old child even though he had been told the dose had been reduced to just two a day.
But he did not make a note of the changes and continued to administer the medica
tion to her as before on June 27, 2005 at Futcher School, Portsmouth, which has now closed.
Three days later he made up another dose for teaching assistant Yvonne Hart to give the girl, known as Pupil A.
The girl's mother, referred to as Mrs B, said the excess medication in June 2005 made her daughter ill over the summer holidays.
Mrs B said she told teachers, assistants and Penn about the medication changes, but a few days later Penn said he was still giving her the medicine.
Pupil A had been admitted to hospital on July 5, but Penn's failure to note the changes in her medication had meant they did not have an accurate record of the child's care, the hearing was told.
Panel chairwoman Ruth Adamson said Penn's failure to record the change in medication had started a catalogue of blunders.
She said: 'We are satisfied from the evidence of Mrs B and from the registrant's own admission that he had been notified by Mrs B that Pupil A was no longer to have the Epilim prescribed.
'We are satisfied that the registrant made no contemporaneous record of this notification in any documents.
'We are quite satisfied that there was no record of this change in medication in pupil A's records prior to Mrs B's visit on July 6.'
The panel will now decide whether Penn should be struck off the Nursing Register.
(Proceeding)
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