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A REGISTERED nurse (RN) who misappropriated the opiate Oxynorm while employed by Waitemata District Health Board (DHB) has had her registration cancelled.
On a number of occasions from May 28 to September 12, 2012, Crystal Schlee misappropriated the drug, falsified entries in patient medication administration charts and used other nurses' login details to gain access to the Pyxis drug dispensing machine on a ward at North Shore Hospital.
A hearing of the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal in July 2016 found "overwhelming evidence" to support professional misconduct charges, brought by a professional conduct committee.
The tribunal stated the misappropriation of drugs by any nurse was "a...