A nurse has had her registration cancelled by the High Court after being found guilty of professional misconduct over falsifying prescriptions under which she obtained certain medications for her own use. High Court president Ms Justice Mary Irvine said she saw no good reason to depart from the Board’s decision and would confirm it. The case arose after a complaint against the nurse was made to the Board by a hospital’s director of nursing. She also admitted presenting the forged prescriptions at a pharmacy which, based on the prescriptions, had dispensed medications to her. Having agreed with that conclusion, and in circumstances where the nurse lodged no appeal, the Board applied on Monday for the necessary confirmation order from the High Court.

Source: Irish Independent September 28, 2020 16:41 UTC