AN abusive nurse who gave an elderly woman an injection through her clothes has been struck off.

Jacqueline Black was caught jabbing the pensioner through her trousers, twice, at St Francis Nursing Home in Glasgow.

The elderly woman suffered from diabetes and required daily injections of insulin.

An inquiry found that the nurse was aware she was required to clean and examine the skin prior to an injection but that she had "disreguarded" the correct procedure and put the OAP at risk of infection.

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The Care Inspectorate was told during an inspection at the home that there were concerns about the nurse's conduct.

An inquiry found the nurse told the same woman, who suffered from dementia, to "sit down and finish her food" in a "rude and abrupt manner" when she stood up to wave to her relatives.

The elderly woman was told she couldn't leave the table until she had finished her meal.

The pensioner's family were so upset that they made a formal complaint. The nurse was given a written warning from the home and told to apologise to the family.

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However, the home launched another investigation after a whistleblower reported seeing her injecting the same woman with insulin through her trousers twice, in the dining room and in the residents' TV lounge.

She claimed it was "less upsetting" for the woman to be given her insulin wherever she was sitting at the time.

However a panel of the Nursing and Midwifery Council said Ms Black's behaviour was "unacceptable."

It found: "You did not treat Patient A with respect and dignity and you did not provide a high standard of care.

"Basic injection technique was not followed and the patient was put at risk of infection.

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"Your judgement call was not for her benefit, but because it was easier for you to administer the injection in situ."

The nurse was employed by the home between September 2005 and August 9.

The NMC said there was "clear evidence" that the nurse had persistently failed to demonstrate insight into the seriousness of her actions and there was no evidence to suggest that her attitude would change.