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Nurse faces professional misconduct charge over allegedly creating, signing prescriptions

Published by The Irish Times · Ireland 10 h ago
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland offices at Blackrock, Co Dublin. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland offices at Blackrock, Co Dublin. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times · The Irish Times

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A nurse is facing allegations of professional misconduct and poor professional performance for allegedly creating and signing prescriptions for herself and patients at a GP…

A nurse is facing allegations of professional misconduct and poor professional performance for allegedly creating and signing prescriptions for herself and patients at a GP practice in the northeast.

The nurse appeared before a fitness-to-practise committee of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) on Friday regarding five factual allegations and allegations of breaches of the code of professional conduct and ethics for registered nurses.

Eoghan O’Sullivan, barrister for NMBI chief executive Carolyn Donohoe, said concerns were raised at the practice by an administrative staff member to one of the two partner doctors, witness B, on December 29th, 2023, regarding two prescriptions issued that day.

It was alleged that on this date the nurse created and signed a prescription for patient B for a Prolia prefilled syringe, which is used for osteoporosis, a brittle bone condition, using…

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