A nurse who placed surgical tape over a patient's mouth has been fined €2,000 by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, after its recent inquiry into him.

Details of the findings and decisions published by the board show that nurse Bimbo Paden was also censured in relation to this professional misconduct.

Conditions were attached to the retention of his name on the register of nurses and midwives.

The sanctions were confirmed by the High Court.

Last November, he was found guilty of professional misconduct after an inquiry.

It concluded that while there was no excuse for Mr Paden's actions, references suggested his behaviour appeared to be out of character and there had been no concerns about his nursing care.

The incident involving a male patient occurred on 26 June 2014 at St John's Community Hospital in Sligo.

Director of Nursing struck off over conduct

A Director of Nursing has been struck off the register for her conduct at a nursing home, between January 2002 and November 2008 by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland.

A report of the inquiry found Mary Philomena Flanagan guilty of professional misconduct, for failing to manage the unnamed home in a safe manner.

Medication was found on the floor and in beds, drugs were being administered by carers, the home was not heated properly and there was an inadequate supply of hot water.

There was also no effective rodent control in the home.

The report also says that Ms Flanagan had warned carers against complaining about any aspect of the running of the home, or the care of residents.

Cleaning and infection prevention equipment was in short supply or unavailable.

This applied to items such as single-use disposable skin-cleansing wipes, anti-microbial skin cleanser and gloves.

The inquiry found a series of failings in care for a number of patients.

One, named only as Patient X, had tissue paper inserted into his rectum when he had diarrhoea.

When Patient X died, the report said his body was handled and moved in an inappropriate and disrespectful manner.

Patient Y also had diarrhoea and had tissue paper inserted into his rectum.

In the case of Patient Z, she did not receive proper care for an oozing discharge from her breast.

Carers were required to feed residents in a manner which was inappropriate and disrespectful.

The decision to strike Ms Flanagan's name off the register was confirmed by the High Court in March.

The HSE has said that according to its records, nurse Mary Philmoena Flanagan did not work in any of its public nursing homes.

Clinical nurse manager struck off for slapping patient

A Clinical Nurse Manager has been struck off the register for slapping a patient with a severe intellectual disability and speaking to him in an aggressive or angry tone.

Nurse Aisling Mary Foster was employed in the unnamed facility in 2010.

The report of the inquiry found that on one or more occassions, in September 2010, she prevented Mr A from moving his arm.

In October, she slapped him on his head with her hand saying "if you can do it, so can I".

The report says Ms Foster also leaned across Mr B, in an inappropriate manner, when she was changing a dressing wound on his face.

It found that she spoke to Mr B, who had a severe intellectual disability, in an angry way after he opened a fridge and that she removed him from the kitchen into the hall, closed the door, leaving him in an agitated state.

The report says that in October, she removed Mr B from a room in an unnecessary manner and put him outside in the garden, closing the door behind her and prevented him from re-entering the house.

The decision of the Board to erase Ms Foster's name from the nursing register was confirmed by the High Court in June.

The Nursing and Midwifery Board has said that because the cases relating to Mary Philomena Flanagan and Aisling Foster were cases under the Nurses Act 1985, the inquiries were held in private.

It is Board policy in these cases that the findings are redacted, to protect the identity of other persons and where they work.