Andrea Arkell

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against the member for providing false and misleading information regarding her education and employment history to multiple prospective employers between 2016 and 2019.

The member also failed to report complete employment information to the College on her annual renewal forms.

The member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to administer medications to multiple patients at a long-term care facility and falsely documenting that the medications had been administered.

The Member also failed to perform a wound dressing change while documenting its completion.

The Member admitted to the allegations via an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration, including employer notification and spot audits.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for professional misconduct involving two vulnerable patients in a geriatric psychiatry unit.

The Member applied unauthorized mechanical restraints to a patient, failed to monitor him, and subsequently found him deceased in the restraint.

The Member then moved the body to a bed to cover up the circumstances of death and falsified records.

The Member also neglected another patient, leaving her in distress for hours while falsifying her chart.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct, including physical and emotional abuse.

Accepting a joint submission, the Committee ordered a reprimand and noted the Member's undertaking to permanently resign her certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against the Member for professional misconduct.

The Member submitted falsified resumes, altered police reference checks, and forged academic credentials to multiple healthcare facilities, holding herself out as another nurse with a similar name.

The Discipline Committee found the allegations proven, concluding the Member's actions were disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Committee ordered an oral reprimand and the immediate revocation of the Member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to professional misconduct for engaging in a personal and sexual relationship with the mother of a pediatric patient while providing home care.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member breached professional boundaries, emotionally abused the patient, and engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a 9-month suspension, and terms and conditions on the Member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced disciplinary proceedings for placing a colleague in a chokehold and for numerous medication administration and documentation errors.

The Member admitted to the allegations, which included failing to document medication wastage, administering narcotics without a witness signature, and failing to document patient assessments.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order, finding the Member committed professional misconduct.

The Member was reprimanded, suspended for four months, and subjected to terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration, including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario requested an adjournment sine die of the allegations contained in the first of three Notices of Hearing against the member.

The College submitted that proceeding with the first Notice of Hearing was not in the public interest given the resources required and because the second Notice of Hearing carried a statutory requirement for revocation, which would adequately protect the public.

The Discipline Committee agreed and granted the adjournment sine die.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered practical nurse who was found guilty of possessing child pornography and breaching an undertaking not to access the internet.

The member also failed to report these criminal charges and findings of guilt to the College.

The Discipline Committee found that the member committed professional misconduct, noting that the conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Committee ordered that the member be reprimanded and that his certificate of registration be immediately revoked.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the Member, a registered nurse, relating to numerous medication errors, improper delegation of a controlled act, failure to assess a patient after a fall, and falsification of records.

The hearing proceeded by way of an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed the alleged acts of professional misconduct.

In light of the Member's undertaking to permanently resign from the College and never reapply, the Committee accepted the joint submission and ordered that the Member be given an oral reprimand.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for professional misconduct.

The Member was alleged to have misappropriated funds from an elderly patient by using the patient's bank card for personal purchases and cash withdrawals, and for failing to report subsequent criminal charges and convictions for theft to the College.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct, including emotional and financial abuse, and that her conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a 12-month suspension, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for improperly disposing of patients' medication by taking empty pill bottles home for personal use, and for failing to report to the College that she had been criminally charged with theft and possession of property obtained by crime.

The member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found that the member committed professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration, including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct including medication errors, falsifying patient records, failing to document the use of restraints, and collecting short-term disability benefits while working for another employer.

The Member admitted to the allegations through an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a 7-month suspension, an oral reprimand, and various terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.