Karen Laforet

The Member was found to have committed professional misconduct for failing to reposition a palliative patient, failing to wait for pain medication to take effect before providing care, and failing to maintain a therapeutic relationship with the patient's family.

The College sought a 3-month suspension, while the Member sought a 1-month or no suspension.

The Discipline Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a 2-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including meetings with a Regulatory Expert and employer notification.

The member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims for shoe modifications under her employer's group benefit plan and receiving store credits instead.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the member committed professional misconduct, including misappropriating property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and conditions requiring meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims to her employer's group benefit plan for products she did not receive or that were not covered.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member contravened standards of practice, misappropriated property, falsified records, and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a 3-month suspension, and terms and conditions including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting approximately $10,000 in false claims to her employer's group benefit plan over a six-year period.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member committed professional misconduct, including misappropriating property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and terms and conditions including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims for orthotics and other services under her employer's group benefit plan, totaling $2,290.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct, misappropriated property, and falsified records.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a 3-month suspension, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting $2,600 in false claims to her employer's benefit plan for orthopaedic footwear, wrist braces, and compression stockings.

The Member used two physicians' stamps without their knowledge or authorization to create false prescriptions for herself and her spouse.

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

The Member was ordered to receive an oral reprimand, serve a 4-month suspension, attend meetings with a regulatory expert, and notify employers of the decision for 12 months.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for multiple incidents of inappropriate and unwanted physical contact with colleagues and a nursing student.

The member admitted to the allegations, acknowledging his conduct was unprofessional and dishonourable.

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

Pursuant to a Joint Submission on Order, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, noting the member had already signed an undertaking to permanently resign his certificate of registration and never reapply.

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

The Member admitted to failing to obey two Community Health Protection Orders related to inadequate infection prevention and control measures during foot care services, including a failure to sterilize instruments.

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

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including remediation and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct including failing to administer medications, falsifying patient records, failing to assess a patient after a fall, and making inappropriate remarks to a colleague.

The hearing proceeded on an uncontested basis with an Agreed Statement of Facts.

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

As the Member had already signed an undertaking to permanently resign from the College, the Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order and imposed a penalty of an oral reprimand.

The College of Nurses of Ontario alleged that the respondent registered nurse committed professional misconduct by submitting false claims to her employer's group benefit plan, totaling approximately $9,740.

The respondent admitted to the allegations, acknowledging that she misappropriated property, falsified records, and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension of her certificate of registration, and the imposition of terms, conditions, and limitations including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered practical nurse for egregious boundary violations, misappropriation of medication, and practising while suspended.

The nurse moved into the homes of two palliative patients' families, fabricated elaborate stories about her personal life, accepted a $15,000 gift, and misappropriated controlled substances.

The Discipline Committee found the nurse committed professional misconduct, characterizing her behaviour as predatory, dishonourable, and disgraceful.

The Committee revoked her certificate of registration, ordered an oral reprimand, and imposed a $15,000 fine to deprive her of the financial benefit of her misconduct.

The Member, a Registered Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims for physiotherapy services under his employer's benefit plan totaling at least $13,940 over an eight-year period.

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

The Member was found guilty of professional misconduct, including misappropriating property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The penalty included an oral reprimand, a four-month suspension of his certificate of registration, and terms requiring meetings with a Regulatory Expert and employer notification for 12 months.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for submitting false claims totaling at least $12,920 to her employer's benefit plan for physiotherapy services not received.

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

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct, including misappropriating property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a 4-month suspension, and terms and conditions including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario alleged that the Member, a registered nurse, committed professional misconduct while providing palliative night-shift care to an end-of-life patient.

The allegations included failing to turn the patient, failing to administer pain medication prior to bathing, and bathing the patient roughly causing skin abrasions.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member failed to reposition the patient and failed to administer the required pain medication, breaching professional standards.

However, the Committee dismissed the allegations of physical abuse and rough bathing due to insufficient and inconsistent evidence.

The proven conduct was deemed unprofessional and dishonourable.

The member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting approximately $9,000 in false claims for medical services and products under her employer's group benefit plan.

The Discipline Committee found that her actions constituted misappropriation of property, falsification of records, and dishonourable conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension, meetings with a regulatory expert, and 12 months of employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against the Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, alleging professional misconduct including sexual abuse and boundary violations.

The Member, while employed at a recovery centre, entered into a secretive romantic relationship with a highly vulnerable patient suffering from PTSD and an acquired brain injury.

The patient subsequently discharged himself against medical advice to live with the Member.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct by sexually abusing the patient through touching and kissing, and by engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee revoked the Member's certificate of registration and ordered an oral reprimand, emphasizing the absolute responsibility of nurses to maintain professional boundaries and protect patients from harm.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered practical nurse for failing to send a patient to the hospital for catheter reinsertion and failing to report a colleague who smelled of alcohol while on shift.

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

The Discipline Committee found that the nurse committed professional misconduct and engaged in unprofessional conduct.

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

The Member, a Registered Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims to her employer's benefit plan between 2013 and 2017, receiving approximately $6,420.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member misappropriated property, falsified records, and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, noting that the Member had already signed an undertaking to permanently resign from the College of Nurses of Ontario.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to professional misconduct for participating in a benefits fraud scheme at her workplace.

Between August and October 2012, she submitted false claims totaling $5,070 under the employer's benefit plan and split the proceeds with a service provider employee.

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

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing an oral reprimand, a 4-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration, including meetings with a Regulatory Expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for submitting false claims under her employer's group benefit plan.

Between 2011 and 2016, the member submitted false claims totaling $15,323 and split the funds with a facilitator.

The member admitted to the allegations and entered into an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct, including misappropriation of property and falsifying records.

The Committee accepted the joint submission, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and conditions requiring meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.