A nurse has been disqualified after maintaining a relationship with a vulnerable patient. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS

A nurse has been banned over an intimate relationship with a vulnerable mental health patient, after taking him to an escape room, exchanging thousands of calls and texts and being seen kissing him.

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Dilnoor Kang, who was a nurse at Wagga Wagga's mental health unit in regional NSW, was on Friday found guilty of professional misconduct over the years-long relationship and for lying to various health authorities about it.

Kang was part of the young patient's care team

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