April Plumton

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to professional misconduct for failing to participate in the College's Quality Assurance program despite multiple notices and extensions.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member engaged in unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a one-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration, including meetings with a Nursing Expert and mandatory participation in the next Quality Assurance cycle.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for attempting to force an elderly client with dementia to take medications without consent, resulting in an assault.

The Member had previously pled guilty to criminal assault and received a conditional discharge.

At the discipline hearing, the Member admitted to the allegations and agreed to permanently resign from the College.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and, accepting a joint submission, ordered a reprimand, noting that a suspension was unnecessary given her permanent resignation.

The Member brought a pre-hearing motion seeking to stay professional misconduct proceedings due to unreasonable delay and abuse of process by the College of Nurses of Ontario.

The College had investigated allegations of sexual abuse but allowed the Member to continue practicing for nearly two years before imposing an interim suspension.

The Discipline Committee found that the College's unexplained investigative delays, combined with the imposition of an interim suspension without a timely hearing, constituted an abuse of process that prejudiced the administration of justice.

The motion was granted and the proceedings were stayed.

The member was found to have committed professional misconduct relating to the emotional and physical abuse of a vulnerable client.

Following the findings, the College and the member presented a joint submission on penalty.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission, ordering a three-month suspension of the member's certificate of registration, an oral reprimand, and terms including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification.

The panel found the penalty addressed specific and general deterrence, remediation, and public protection, and fell within the range of reasonable outcomes for similar misconduct.

Following a finding of professional misconduct for sexually harassing four coworkers, the Discipline Committee held a penalty hearing for the Member.

The College sought a five-month suspension, reprimand, and conditions, while the Member argued for no suspension or a short 30-day suspension, citing mitigating factors and character evidence.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a five-month suspension, two meetings with a nursing expert, and 18 months of employer notification.

The Committee emphasized the seriousness of the conduct, the Member's lack of remorse, and the need for specific and general deterrence.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of sexually harassing five co-workers at a long-term care facility.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member engaged in professional misconduct by sexually harassing four of the five co-workers through unwanted physical contact, inappropriate comments, and asking a co-worker on a date after she declined.

The Committee concluded that the Member's actions constituted disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The allegation regarding the fifth co-worker was dismissed due to insufficient evidence.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to unauthorized dispensing of Fentanyl patches, medication administration errors involving Methadone, and failure to properly document and report these errors.

The Member admitted to the allegations and an Agreed Statement of Facts was presented.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct, including disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a six-month suspension, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including remediation and employer notification requirements.

The Member, a registered practical nurse, pled guilty to professional misconduct after being convicted of robbery with violence.

The Member had stabbed a taxi driver while attempting to rob him to support an addiction.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a five-month suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, and imposed terms and conditions requiring sessions with a nursing expert.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to maintain the boundaries of the nurse-client relationship and engaging in a sexual relationship with a vulnerable psychiatric client.

The Member admitted to the boundary violations, including an inappropriate personal and social relationship, but denied the sexual relationship.

The College called no evidence on the sexual abuse allegations, which were dismissed.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member committed professional misconduct.

The Member permanently resigned his certificate of registration and agreed to reimburse the College $5,000 for expenses.

The Committee accepted a joint submission ordering a reprimand.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to provide his employer with a true copy of his recognizance of bail documents, modifying or altering those documents, and seeking to deceive his employer regarding his bail conditions.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member intentionally falsified the documents to hide a bail condition prohibiting him from being in the presence of females under 18 years of age.

The Committee concluded that the Member's actions constituted disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Member was reprimanded, his certificate of registration was suspended for five months, and terms, conditions, and limitations were imposed on his practice.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to report a patient's complaint that reasonably inferred sexual abuse by another nurse.

The Member admitted to the allegations, acknowledging she failed to clarify the nature of the patient's complaint, which she initially interpreted as a concern about catheterization technique.

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 and ordered to complete educational sessions with a nursing expert.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against the respondent following his criminal convictions for two counts of sexual assault and one count of gross indecency involving a vulnerable person.

The respondent did not attend the discipline hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the criminal convictions were relevant to his suitability to practise nursing and constituted professional misconduct.

Given the severity of the offences, the breach of trust, and the respondent's lack of governability, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of his certificate of registration.