Nurse suspended after stealing morphine from patients
A nurse has been sanctioned after repeatedly ‘misappropriating’ morphine from a regional ED, including doses intended for patients. The WA State Administrative Tribunal said he…
Tag: Nurses
Nurses will need 5000 hours’ experience, postgraduate training and six months of mentoring to prescribe S8 drugs
RNs with three years’ full-time experience and a postgraduate qualification will be able to apply to prescribe S8 drugs with medical supervision under the Nursing…
Lucy Letby: Lawyers attack top doctors’ expert report declaring no medical evidence babies were murdered
An international medical expert panel’s finding that there was no medical evidence to show Lucy Letby murdered neonates under her care has been challenged by…
Nurses target PBS funding for when they start prescribing S4 and S8 drugs later this year
Nursing groups are already bidding for PBS subsidies after health ministers decided to let RNs prescribe S4 and S8 drugs, starting this year. In an…
Patient death at hospital that had no doctors for four days ‘wholly preventable’: coroner
A patient has died at a hospital with no doctors after a telehealth GP prescribed aspirin without knowing of his NSAID hypersensitivity, a coroner has…
Lucy Letby case: Relying on expert doctors in criminal medical cases can lead to injustice
The Lucy Letby case is the latest in a number of UK criminal medical cases that, beyond the rights and wrongs of each verdict, raises…
Has the genie escaped? Health ministers uncap the bottle on nurses prescribing S4 drugs
There is no escaping that the gathering of the country’s various health ministers last Friday carried a historical significance when it comes to health reform.…
Nurse prescribing of S4 and S8 drugs to start in 2025 but will not be ‘open slather’
Nurses have received the green light to prescribe ‘in partnership’ with doctors or nurse practitioners from mid-2025, including S8 drugs for cancer and palliative care.…
I had to beg my father to take me to hospital: The curse of growing up with medical parents
It seems that the unfortunate fate of those born to parents with a wealth of medical knowledge is that their parents never believe they are…
Health professionals are also the victims when pushed beyond their scope of practice
Do you sometimes imagine that you are trapped in a submarine, in the darkest depths of the ocean, under the pressure of tons of seawater? …
