"I witnessed a number of errors"

I was an inpatient at Wishaw General.  There was an agency nurse on night shift who only agreed to care for 4 patients, leaving the nurse who was caring for me with 12. 

I also witnessed a number of errors being made including medication errors and the wrong patient being put on nil by mouth for an operation.  Clearly this resulted in tensions between the staff as this staff member was asking questions in relation patients without having consulted their notes. 

A patient who required care and repositioning had this carried out by other nurses whilst the agency nurse looked on.  They had to be advised of other errors by members of nursing staff. As an onlooker, it seemed to me that having this person there was more of a liability than an asset to the other night staff.