Megan Sloan

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct after being convicted of criminal offences for unauthorized computer access and mischief to data following a workplace dispute.

He also falsified employment dates and references on multiple job applications.

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 penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and remedial terms including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for multiple allegations of professional misconduct, including patient abuse, unauthorized use of restraints, and falsifying medical records in a psychiatric intensive care unit.

The discipline panel found that the nurse confined a vulnerable patient without clinical justification, applied five-point restraints inappropriately, failed to monitor the patient, used abusive language, and falsified the patient's chart to justify her actions.

The panel concluded that the nurse's actions constituted professional misconduct, abuse, and disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

As the nurse had already resigned her certificate of registration, the panel noted that revocation would have been the appropriate penalty.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against the Member for physically and mentally abusing an elderly resident by throwing milk on her, and for subsequently falsifying a reference letter to obtain new employment.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the allegations proven based on clear and consistent witness testimony.

The Committee concluded the Member's actions constituted professional misconduct and ordered a five-month suspension, an oral reprimand, and conditions on her certificate of registration should she return to practice.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the respondent nurse for practicing while suspended and failing to comply with a 2012 Discipline Committee order.

The respondent did not attend the hearing.

The panel found the respondent ungovernable, noting she had breached all terms of the prior order, deceived employers, and continued to work while suspended.

The panel ordered the immediate revocation of the respondent's certificate of registration, to take effect if she ever successfully applies for reinstatement of her administratively revoked certificate.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to his care of five clients.

The College and the Member presented an Agreed Statement of Facts, admitting that the Member failed to properly assess and document care, failed to obtain informed consent before touching clients' intimate areas, and breached therapeutic boundaries.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct.

Accepting a Joint Submission on Order, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to professional misconduct including stealing prescription pads, forging prescriptions for Oxycodone, and billing for home care client visits that he did not attend.

He also failed to disclose his criminal convictions to his employers.

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

The Member was reprimanded, his certificate of registration was suspended for eight months, and conditions were imposed, including a 24-month prohibition on independent community practice.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to disclose terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration to a prospective employer, and for accepting a position she could not fulfill given those restrictions.

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 penalty, ordering an oral reprimand and a six-month suspension.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the respondent nurse for inappropriate behaviour, boundary crossings, and misappropriation of narcotics.

The respondent did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the respondent dressed in lingerie and behaved inappropriately with a client, engaged in boundary crossings by visiting a discharged client and accepting gifts, and misappropriated narcotics from two clients' homes.

The Committee ordered a four-month suspension, a reprimand, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations on the respondent's certificate of registration, including a restriction from practicing independently in the community for 12 months.