NSW Nurse Loses Registration After Striking Child With Wooden Spoon

A NSW tribunal ruled that the cancellation of the woman’s registration is appropriate and that she may not apply for a review for at least a year.

A little girl poses for photographs to illustrate the topic of child abuse in Canberra, Australia, on Oct. 28, 2013. AAP Image/Lukas Coch

A 29-year-old enrolled nurse who struck her step-daughter multiple times with a wooden spoon in a 2021 incident has had her registration cancelled.

The New South Wales (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal heard the woman struck the six-year-old multiple times on Sept. 12, 2021, leaving bruising on her hip, thigh and bottom.