Nurse banned for switching off monitoring alarm and scrolling phone before patient’s death
A nurse has been suspended after a patient died hours after she disconnected the telemetry alarm speaker on his and four other patients’ monitors. During…
Tag: Nurses
No Galileo: Student kicked off clinical placement because of her medical views loses legal case
A supreme court ruling which likened the plight of a student who was kicked off her clinical placement to that of Galileo under the inquisition…
Nurse smuggled cannabis oil into hospital for shark bite patient: tribunal
A nurse has been reprimanded after trying to smuggle a bottle of cannabis oil she found in her new home into hospital for a patient with…
GPs will be extinct by the time I retire — so who will provide my healthcare?
They say you should never kick a person when they’re down. However, this seems to carry no weight when the person down is an entire…
Govt pledges free abortions in Australian ‘first’
The move comes as abortion pill sponsor bids for nurses to have prescribing rights.
GPs don’t need to be present when nurses vaccinate – the MBS must change
I have a very simple message for the federal Department of Health and Aged Care: primary healthcare nurses are more than capable of vaccinating patients…
Nurse banned after burgling home of palliative care patient on Christmas Day
She used her employer's database to find her victims, stealing their opioids during home visits to 'check' their medications.
How text messages ‘virtually eliminated’ missed STEMIs
Australian researchers report that rural hospitals that automatically alert coronary care nurses of suspected MI patients can plug gaps in diagnose…
Nurse banned after posing as AHPRA skills assessor
Alexis Alvarez netted thousands of dollars from overseas-trained nurses seeking Australian registration, finds Victorian tribunal.
Nurse who gave wrong patient hepatitis B vax escapes suspension
The registered nurse tried to cover up his mistake by injecting the intended patient with water and falsifying the notes, NSW tribunal hears.
