Nurse removed confidential patient files from three nursing homes in Cork and Kerry

Documents included bed rail assessments, incident reports, nursing staff handover sheets, a prescription, medical reviews and records of family meetings, fitness-to-practise inquiry heard

The three healthcare facilities from which medical records were taken without authorisation by Ms Leliene were Our Lady of Lourdes Care Facility in Killarney, Co Kerry; Cúil Dídin Nursing and Residential Care in Tralee, Co Kerry; and Macroom Community Hospital, pictured.

A registered nurse had admitted being guilty of professional misconduct over the unauthorised taking of a large number of confidential patient records and medical files from three nursing homes where she worked in Kerry and Cork.

The nurse, Rasa Leliene, appeared before a fitness-to-practise inquiry of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland on Wednesday to face a series of allegations over the removal of documents relating to over 20 patients of nursing homes.