Care staff addiction issues on the rise

dunedin nurseSAN FRANCISCO: A nurse stole hundreds of prescription drugs from a palliative care unit. She has been found guilty of professional misconduct after misappropriating prescription medication for her own use.

She removed prescription medication while working as a nurse on nine separate occasions.

She pleaded guilty in September 2012 to one charge of theft in relation to 50 tramadol tablets found in her home two months earlier…

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