Nurses and midwives who are subject to fitness-to-practise hearings are suffering stress, anxiety, and in extreme cases suicidal ideation and are in need of support, a union has warned.

A nurse was today found guilty of professional misconduct for slapping an elderly patient suffering from advanced dementia and referring to him as a “dirty Jew”.

Less than 10% of general nurses are males. Jonathan deBurca Butler asks why.

A mental health nurse who shared the confidential medical notes of a psychiatric patient with her boss over a dispute with another nurse was yesterday the subject of a disciplinary hearing.

Liz Farsaci looks at cases of complaints that have come before the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland in the past year, in which inadequate care and financial abuse of elderly people by nurses were two prominent emerging themes

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says it believes the statutory body responsible for regulating the profession brings some cases against nurses when there is little or no evidence to back the allegations against them.

I’ve spent the last six months in hospital and I am amazed by the care given to me and other patients. 

Hundreds of nursing homes will today demand that Health Minister Leo Varadkar take control of the nurse registration crisis.

With a backlog of more than 2,300 nurses awaiting registration, nursing home operators have called on the health minister to put the crisis top of the agenda at today’s meeting of the Emergency Department (ED) Taskforce.

Complaints against staff involved in the care of Savita Halappanavar are still being investigated by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) — almost three years after her death at Galway University Hospital.

An INMO senior executive has warned that the HSE’s new nursing recruitment drive could face problems if a staffing crisis and backlog of applications can’t be cleared.

Midwifery practice standards that put the mother at the centre of decision making have been published by the nursing regulator.

Almost half of the country’s 64,000 nurses and midwives have paid their regulatory authority the full registration fee of €150, it emerged yesterday.

More than a third of the country’s 64,000 nurses and midwives have paid their regulatory authority the full registration fee of €150.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is standing firm on its advice to members about a controversial registration fee.

Up to 2,000 nurses and midwives took to the streets of Dublin yesterday to vent their anger at a 50% hike in registration fees.

A campaign to reverse the €50 hike in registration fees for nurses and midwives led to several protests around the country yesterday, including at the gates of Cork University Hospital.

One third of cases involving nurses and midwives appearing at fitness to practice inquiries involve drugs or alcohol.