Nurse made breathless patient get out of bed to shower

A nurse who made a breathless patient get out of bed to take a shower has been kicked out of the profession. Marie Glennon rushed the frail patient to get washed and dressed at a Short Stay Medical Unit run by the South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in February 2013. Glennon only relented and helped the man back into his bad after he became visibly distressed, the Nursing and Midwifery Council heard. Colleagues described Glennon’s attitude as ‘erratic’, as…