David L. Edwards

The member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to inadequate patient care, falsifying medication administration records, and failing to report a criminal conviction for forgery.

The member admitted to the allegations, which included failing to respond to a choking patient, improperly administering and documenting medications, and forging a disability claim form.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct and engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a six-month suspension, and various terms, conditions, and limitations on the member's certificate of registration, including employer notification and practice audits.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to professional misconduct for misappropriating approximately $2,100 from an elderly, vulnerable patient while employed as a Personal Support Worker.

The Member used the patient's cheques and signature stamp to write cheques to herself.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order, finding the Member's conduct disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Member was reprimanded, suspended for five months, and subjected to terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced a discipline hearing for failing to appropriately monitor a patient, failing to assess the patient after a change in condition, failing to initiate CPR when the patient was found without vital signs, and falsifying documentation to indicate hourly checks had been performed.

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 three-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against a Registered Practical Nurse for failing to complete proper patient assessments, failing to keep accurate records, and failing to provide appropriate care to multiple patients.

The matter proceeded on an Agreed Statement of Facts and a joint submission on penalty.

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

The Committee accepted the joint submission, ordering an oral reprimand in conjunction with the member's undertaking to permanently resign from the College.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against a registered practical nurse for harassing and threatening a co-worker, and for failing to report criminal charges and findings of guilt to the College.

The nurse admitted to the allegations, which included uttering death threats and trespassing.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a seven-month suspension, and conditions on the nurse's certificate of registration.

The Member was found to have committed professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of a patient by touching the patient's genitals without clinical purpose.

The Discipline Committee ordered the mandatory revocation of the Member's certificate of registration, an oral reprimand, and reimbursement of up to $5,000 for the patient's therapy.

The Committee also ordered the Member to pay $135,000 in costs, representing a portion of the College's hearing expenses, noting the serious nature of the misconduct and the Member's actions that prolonged the proceedings.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the respondent, a Registered Practical Nurse, for multiple incidents involving verbal and physical abuse of clients, failure to follow a physician's order, and failure to document care.

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

The Discipline Committee found the respondent committed professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand.

The respondent also entered into an undertaking to permanently resign from the College.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for multiple incidents of professional misconduct across two facilities.

The allegations included breaching client confidentiality, misappropriating $400 from a client, misappropriating narcotics (Percocet), falsifying medication records, and failing to comply with interim terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed the alleged acts of professional misconduct, characterizing her actions as disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

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

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for alleged sexual abuse and professional misconduct.

The allegations involved inappropriate touching of a patient's genitals during a urine sample collection in an emergency department, and inappropriately inviting the patient for a drink.

The Discipline Committee found that the physical sexual abuse occurred, constituting professional misconduct and a breach of therapeutic boundaries.

The Committee concluded the conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The allegation regarding the verbal invitation for a drink was dismissed as the College failed to meet its burden of proof.

The Member, a Registered Nurse, appeared before the Discipline Committee on allegations of professional misconduct.

While working as a Charge Nurse, the Member became aware that a fellow nurse had engaged in sexual intercourse with a patient but failed to report the abuse to the Hospital or the College.

Furthermore, the Member failed to revise the patient assignment the following night, allowing the abuser to continue caring for the patient.

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

The Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the respondent nurse for failing to report multiple criminal charges and a criminal conviction.

The respondent did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the respondent committed professional misconduct by breaching her mandatory reporting obligations, which constituted disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the respondent's certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against a registered nurse working on a schizophrenia inpatient unit.

The member admitted to failing to appropriately follow up after a client discussed suicide (the client subsequently committed suicide), blessing water for a client to address evil spirits without consulting the interdisciplinary team, and bringing therapeutically inappropriate horror movies to the unit.

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

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms and conditions including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario alleged that the respondent nurse committed professional misconduct by failing to complete a Specified Continuing Education or Remediation Program (SCERP) ordered by the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee.

The Discipline Committee found that the respondent's failure to comply with the order constituted unprofessional conduct, though it did not rise to the level of dishonourable conduct.

The respondent was ordered to appear for a reprimand, her certificate of registration was suspended for two months, and terms, conditions, and limitations were imposed on her certificate.

An appeal and cross-appeal to the Divisional Court were both dismissed.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for sexually abusing a patient and breaching the boundaries of the therapeutic nurse-client relationship.

The Member and the patient exchanged sexually explicit text messages and videos after the patient's discharge from the hospital.

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 reprimand, the immediate revocation of the Member's certificate of registration, and reimbursement of up to $5,000 for client therapy.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced disciplinary proceedings for discontinuing a client's life support without medical authorization and failing to document the responsible physician's refusal to authorize the discontinuation.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

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

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct involving multiple incidents of physical and emotional abuse, failing to follow care plans, and inappropriate communication with patients' families.

The Member admitted to the allegations, including bending a patient's finger back, hitting a patient across the mouth, and leaving a patient in an unsafe bed position.

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

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a six-month suspension, and imposed terms and conditions on the Member's certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against the Member for alleged sexual abuse of a patient.

The Member brought a preliminary motion for third-party production of the Complainant's mental health and counselling records, arguing they were relevant to the Complainant's reliability and memory due to his history of bipolar schizoaffective disorder.

Applying the O'Connor test, the Discipline Committee ordered the production of records from one treating psychiatrist for a limited timeframe overlapping with the alleged incident and the Complainant's decision to report it.

The requests for all other counselling and historical mental health records were denied for failing to meet the threshold of likely relevance.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, was charged and convicted of impaired driving.

She failed to report the charges and the subsequent conviction to the College of Nurses of Ontario.

Furthermore, she provided false and misleading information on her registration applications by denying any ongoing proceedings or convictions.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct.

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

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for physically and emotionally abusing two vulnerable clients at a facility for adults with developmental disabilities.

The member, who had previously pled guilty to six criminal counts of assault, did not attend the hearing.

Relying on video surveillance and witness testimony, the Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct by contravening standards of practice and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's certificate of registration and required him to appear for a reprimand.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against a registered nurse for holding herself out as a Nurse Practitioner without being registered in the extended class.

The Member was found to have practiced outside her scope by communicating diagnoses, recommending and prescribing medications, and using a physician's name and CPSO number without authorization.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and ordered the immediate revocation of her certificate of registration.