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BIZARRE: Nurse banned for forging scripts to feed addiction | Mind Blowing Facts

Nurse Addiction

A nurse forged prescriptions for medications such as Oxycodone, Diazepam and Temazepam. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

A 30-year-nurse with a blemish-free career has been disqualified for six months after forging prescriptions to feed her sleeping pill addiction.

Meredith Coulson was working for Austin Health in late 2019 when she found herself caring for a seriously ill family member and helping another family member to manage long-standing mental health conditions and a history of drug addiction.

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