Jim Attwood

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, was randomly selected to participate in a practice assessment as part of the College's Quality Assurance program.

Despite multiple notifications and opportunities, the Member failed to participate or complete any portion of the process.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct by failing to cooperate with the Quality Assurance Committee.

The panel ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration, but declined to order costs.

The Member, a registered nurse, pled guilty to assault and subsequently submitted a self-reporting form to the College falsely describing the offence as a 'bar fight'.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct.

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

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for professional misconduct relating to her care of a palliative client.

The panel found that the nurse emotionally abused the client's family through rude and condescending communication, administered a saline bolus and Dilaudid without proper physician orders, and failed to appropriately monitor the client.

The nurse's conduct was deemed unprofessional, disgraceful, and dishonourable.

The panel ordered a reprimand, a six-month suspension, and imposed terms and conditions on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse working in a correctional facility, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to her care of a pregnant inmate.

The Member admitted to failing to adequately assess and monitor the client, who ultimately delivered a baby in her cell, and failing to inform her employer that she was not competent to care for pregnant clients without supervision.

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

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

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

The nurse admitted to breaching client confidentiality by allowing her partner to accompany her on home visits, inappropriately disclosing personal financial difficulties to a client, accepting a $700 gift from the client, and failing to secure the client's narcotics, which allowed her partner to steal them.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, finding the nurse committed professional misconduct.

The nurse was reprimanded, her certificate of registration was suspended for four months, and conditions were imposed on her practice.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a member who continued to practise nursing after voluntarily surrendering her certificate of registration.

The member used a different name, falsified annual payment cards, and misled her employers about her registration status.

She was also criminally convicted of theft, fraud, and failing to comply with an undertaking.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct, noting her actions were disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Committee revoked her certificate of registration and ordered an oral reprimand.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for misappropriating funds from residents, making unauthorized purchases on a facility credit card, and taking money from a petty cash trust account.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the allegations proven based on witness testimony and the Member's prior criminal convictions for theft and fraud related to the same conduct.

The Committee concluded the Member's actions constituted professional misconduct that was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional, and ordered the immediate revocation of her certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for alleged professional misconduct, including the sexual abuse of a vulnerable adolescent psychiatric client.

The nurse engaged in unauthorized 'hands-on healing' and boundary violations that culminated in sexual intercourse with the client.

The Discipline Committee found the nurse guilty of professional misconduct, noting the severe breach of trust and failure to maintain professional boundaries.

Pursuant to the mandatory penalty provisions of the Health Professions Procedural Code, the Committee ordered the revocation of the nurse's certificate of registration and an oral reprimand.

The member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for accessing the electronic medical records of 21 patients for whom she was not providing care.

The member admitted to the allegations, acknowledging she accessed the records out of curiosity and concern during the SARS crisis.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, finding the member committed professional misconduct.

The member was reprimanded, suspended for 30 days, required to meet with a practice consultant, and ordered to pay $3,500 in costs due to late notification of settlement.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for breaching his parole conditions and a previous Discipline Committee order by using alcohol and drugs, and for adducing false evidence regarding his sobriety at a prior discipline hearing.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

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

The Committee ordered a 90-day suspension, a reprimand, and conditions on his certificate of registration requiring employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the member based on findings made by the Quebec Nursing Board.

The member had been found guilty in Quebec of sexual abuse and boundary violations with clients.

The member admitted the allegations and the panel accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The panel found the member committed professional misconduct and accepted a Joint Submission on Penalty, ordering a reprimand and imposing monitoring conditions on the member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse and co-owner of a private seniors' residence, faced numerous allegations of professional misconduct relating to the care of a vulnerable elderly resident.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member unnecessarily restrained the resident, confined them to their room, failed to administer prescribed medications, and failed to seek required medical attention, ultimately leading to the resident's death from bronchopneumonia.

The Member also directed untrained, unregulated staff to perform nursing functions, submitted fraudulent invoices for care not provided, and misrepresented the facility's services and visiting policies.

The Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including physical and emotional abuse, and ordered the revocation of her certificate of registration.

The member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for claiming sick leave and benefits from one hospital while continuing to work at another, and for submitting falsified return-to-work status reports.

The member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, finding the member committed professional misconduct.

The member was reprimanded, suspended for 60 days, fined $2,500, and subjected to employer notification conditions for 24 months.

The Applicant sought reinstatement of his Certificate of Registration, which was revoked in 1993 after he was found to have sexually abused three patients and subsequently convicted of criminal charges.

The Applicant, who was self-represented, argued he had rehabilitated himself and was no longer a risk.

The College opposed the application, tendering expert psychiatric evidence that the Applicant remained at a low-to-moderate risk of sexually aggressive behaviour and should not have access to patients.

The Discipline Committee dismissed the application, finding the Applicant failed to meet the burden of proving that the public would be protected if he were reinstated.

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

The nurse admitted to accepting unauthorized remuneration from equipment manufacturers, using hospital resources for her own unauthorized practice, and recommending or prescribing changes to insulin dosages without proper physician orders.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, finding the nurse guilty of professional misconduct.

The nurse was reprimanded, suspended for 60 days, and required to meet with a nursing expert to discuss scope of practice and conflict of interest.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct after mistakenly injecting a patient with potassium chloride instead of normal saline and heparin, resulting in the patient's death.

The Member admitted to the allegations and the Discipline Committee found her guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered a one-month suspension of her certificate of registration, imposed terms and conditions including a return to work program and learning plan, and required her to appear for a reprimand, noting she had already served a three-month employment suspension.