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Male Nurse Banned for Inappropriate Relationships with Patients

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A male nurse has been disqualified from providing health services for five years after having intimate personal relationships with two vulnerable female mental health inpatients. The nurse, Lee Hunt, developed these relationships while working at an SA Health mental health facility. The Nursing and Midwifery Board found him guilty of professional misconduct.

A male nurse has been banned from providing any health service for five years after having inappropriate relationships with two vulnerable female mental health inpatients. Lee Hunt, 38, developed intimate personal relationships with the patients after obtaining their phone numbers while working at an SA Health mental health facility. One of the patients even engaged in an intimate sexual relationship with Mr. Hunt.

The Nursing and Midwifery Board found him guilty of professional misconduct and failing to maintain professional boundaries

 

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