Nurse who stole 25 face masks during pandemic ‘not fit to practise’: tribunal

The WA nurse coerced three nursing students into helping her steal PPE when there was a national shortage

An experienced nurse supervisor has been rapped for manipulating nursing students into helping her steal 25 face masks from hospital stocks during the pandemic.

Amid a national shortage of PPE, the nurse also took 10 alcohol wipes and a handful of rubber gloves to take with her on an overseas trip, a tribunal heard.