Nurse who was self-administering drugs while on duty suspended from register for 12 months

The complaints said she was on night duty on dates between 2015 and 2016 and self-administered various medications while at the hospital

A nurse who self-administered opiates, and marijuana while on night duty at the hospital she had been working at has been suspended from the nursing register for 12 months.

The nurse in question, who worked outside of Dublin, cannot be identified for legal reasons.