A nurse will be struck off for serious misconduct, including sleeping on the job and mis-administration of drugs.

While working on Delius ward at Epsom and St Helier University Hospital, run by Surrey and Borders trust, Virginia Dondashe tried to give a patient 1,200mg of ibuprofen in one dose – three times the recommended dose of 200-400mg every four hours.

A few months later, in March 2013, on Elgar ward, she administered a triple dose of the anti-depressant venlafaxine.

While working at Meadows West Park Hospital in Epsom, she slept on duty and did not administer a painkiller until prompted by her patient.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council ruled last week it would strike Ms Dondashe, an agency nurse working for A24 Medical Staffing, off its register once a suspension order expires on October 10.

It said in a report: “The facts found proved against Ms Dondashe were serious.

“[She] has not provided any information in relation to her current insight, remorse into her failures and understanding of the effects of her behaviour.

“Furthermore, the panel has not been provided with any evidence of steps, if any, taken by Ms Dondashe to remedy those failures.”

A previous hearing heard Ms Dondashe, a psychiatric nurse, “had enjoyed a 10-year nursing career without apparent incident” before these charges were levelled.

An initial panel convened to review the charges “received no information to suggest that there have been any other concerns in connection with Ms Dondashe’s conduct, either before or since the matters in question.”

However, the final review panel added: “Without any evidence from Ms Dondashe in relation to steps taken to remedy her misconduct, the panel could not be satisfied that Ms Dondashe has remedied her failings or shown insight into them.

"There therefore remains a real risk of repetition.”