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Two bullying nurses who picked on colleagues and patients at a hospital and even told a suicidal person to 'go on, you might as well do it' have been struck off.
Alicia Andrews, 35, and Tabitha Williams, 42, were banned from working after creating an 'intimidating, hostile, degrading and humiliating environment' on their ward.
Their behaviour was so bad student nurses reported the pair to Bangor University after witnessing their poor patient care at Llandudno General Hospital in North Wales.
A student nurse said Ms Andrews 'would essentially encourage' the patient expressing suicidal thought to take their life - and Mrs Williams 'would laugh about it,' a hearing heard.
Other student nurses recalled that Ms Andrews would be sarcastic and hostile towards patients, while Mrs Williams would make student nurses feel 'very uncomfortable' and ignored.
The nurses worked at Llandudno General Hospital in North Wales (pictured)
A student nurse said Mrs Williams and Ms Andrews would ask her to do all blood glucose observations - after just three weeks of being on the ward.
Ms Andrews would also enable a student nurse to take observations of patients' blood sugar levels, with her own login details, despite the student not being trained.
She also left a student nurse to monitor the electrocardiogram of a 'distressed' patient unsupervised.
The student nurses said they left 'angry' and 'shocked' by their behaviour on the ward.
Another student recalled Ms Andrews saying about another patient: 'I wouldn't worry, he will be RIP'd soon' in a 'sarcastic' and 'very cold' manner.
A witness also told the hearing that Mrs Williams would tell a patient with dementia who would often cry
