Nurse who taped patient’s mouth ‘not ongoing risk’

A nurse who taped a patient’s mouth would not be an ongoing risk to patients in future, a psychiatrist told a disciplinary hearing yesterday.

Consultant psychiatrist Dr Patricia Noonan said staff nurse Bimbo Paden was under stress on the morning of the incident and felt ashamed, guilty and remorseful.

Dr Noonan was giving evidence on behalf of Mr Paden, 40, a nurse at St John’s Community Hospital in Sligo, who is before the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland.