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Margaret Scheikowski

Nurse who stole from patient deregistered

A nurse who stole from an elderly patient after forcibly obtaining her PIN has been deregistered. (AAP)

A Sydney nurse who stole $1000 from the account of an elderly cancer patient after forcibly obtaining her PIN has been deregistered for at least four years.

Percy McCarthy's misconduct was premeditated and of "a most egregious kind", the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal said on Friday.

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