Judge gives ‘overworked’ nurse probation act

A judge has ruled that a male nurse who admitted placing surgical tape across a patient’s mouth be given the Probation Act.

Judge Kevin Kilrane also recommended that Bimbo Paden be not struck off the register of nurses.

Judge Kilrane, who found that Paden, aged 39, was overworked in stressful conditions, said: “He does not pose any risk to patients in the future. To strike him from the register would be disproportionate.”