Sanctions for nurses over misconduct

A TOTAL of 14 nurses have been sanctioned by their regulatory body, An Bord Altranais, in recent months for professional misconduct and poor professional performance.

Nurse Mary Colette McMahon was struck off after taking controlled drugs including morphine, as well as needles and syringes for her own use in early 2009, and making false entries in patient and drug records.

The board found that Ms McMahon had a drug addiction which made her unfit to practise nursing.