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McPherson (Enrolled Nurse, First Name Not Stated)
Last updated: 2026-10-18T09:49:55.727Z
- Practitioner name
- McPherson (Enrolled Nurse, First Name Not Stated)
- Name as recorded
- McPherson (Enrolled Nurse; First Name Not Stated In Source)
- Profession
- Enrolled nurse (Blue Care)
- Decision date
- 2002-01-31
- Offence category
- Theft from a patient (elder financial abuse)
- Offence
- In October 2000, while attending an 82-year-old man through Blue Care, the nurse abused that position of trust to take $2,500 and then $5,000 from him. The magistrate noted an earlier similar offence. Convicted of dishonestly obtaining property (Commonwealth); 12-month intensive correction order.
- Outcome
- Reprimanded; excluded from reapplying for 5 years, with counselling and psychiatric-assessment conditions. Professional Conduct Committee of the Queensland Nursing Council; members not named in the available source.
- Outcome type
- Disqualified (not permanent)
- Outcome length
- 5 years
- Category
- Not recorded
- Tribunal
- Professional Conduct Committee, Queensland Nursing Council
- Case name
- Queensland Nursing Council v Dodd [2010] QDC 220 (summarising Matter of McPherson, No. 8 of 2001)
- Citation
- No. 8 of 2001
- Tribunal decision date
- 2002-01-31
- State
- QLD
- Tribunal city
- Not recorded
- National board
- Queensland Nursing Council
- Registration status
- Not recorded
- Official outcome (tribunal/board)
- Disqualified (not permanent) 5 years
- Source confidence
- Not recorded
- Notes
- Second attempt on 18 Oct 2026 (~8:10 PM AEDT): the original decision does not appear to be published online. It predates the Queensland Nursing Tribunal (established 2003), and AustLII's QNT database starts in 2004. The only known source is the District Court summary in QNC v Dodd [2010] QDC 220. It could be requested from Ahpra/the NMBA Queensland office. The source uses both "she" and "him" for the nurse, so sex is left blank. Permanently barred: No Source: CaseChat AU, 2010-04-30
Decision-makers
Not recorded
Sources
https://casechat.au/cases/au/queensland-nursing-council-v-dodd